‘Ould enemy’ our new best friend

IT was a long time coming - about 800 years, give or take a few skirmishes - but Ireland’s ‘ould enemy’ is about to become our NBF, or New Best Friend.

At least that’s what the British Council hope will result from a forum they have set up to explore the changing relationship between ourselves and Britain - a website called www.britainandireland.org.

The British Council went straight to the enemy camp of Croke Park yesterday to kick off their brave initiative with the theme of sport and former Irish rugby international Trevor Ringland, a unionist, did the honours.