Bertie paid more than Bush, but both governments hit a new low

NEWS coverage of the departure of Steve Staunton as manager of Ireland’s soccer team was quite a spectacle. RTÉ was scathing about the supposedly “shambolic” way in which things were handled at the end.

Late on Tuesday night there were only unconfirmed reports that the manager had been removed.

It reminded me of a Rose of Tralee selection in the early 1990s. The programme ran overtime and the photographer for a Dublin daily got calls to be ready to get a picture of the winner off without delay as they were holding the front page. They were in danger of missing the trains and the papers would have to be sent out in lorries with all the extra expense that this would entail.