Nurturing of our children has been a casualty of Celtic Tiger living

BETTER gigs may come along, this year.

Who knows? But the best, thus far, has been judging the Dublin heat of the Granny of the Year contest run in aid of the Special Olympics.

The finalists were noisily supported by glamorous offspring, by their grandchildren and in some cases by their great-grandchildren, many of them carrying banners publicising the virtues of their particular Gran.