GAA and Paisley both discover the downside of a photo-finish

IT was probably a huge understatement when Northern Secretary Peter Hain said after his meeting on Wednesday with Ian Paisley that the DUP had put its views of recent developments in the North "extremely strongly and critically".

A meeting with Ian Paisley always reminds me of somebody going home at about 4.15am after an estimated 25 pints and having to explain to the wife why they have managed to arrive home in that condition and couldn't find the key to the front door.

It's impossible, even the following morning, although you would hardly have to be a rocket scientist to explain why arriving home in that condition and not being able to find the key are somehow connected.