Jumping for joy ... one good reason why Jedward are write up my street

I DON’T usually do this, but that was one strange week, and I wanted to tell you about it.

A week of odd and different highlights. How often, after all, can you say you started your week with Jedward, almost met royalty, took part in an international literary festival and ended up by applauding as your wife was elected president?

While you were reading this column last Tuesday, I was on my way to Kildare Place National School in Rathmines. It’s a beautiful little school in the heart of Dublin and they had agreed to allow us to use the venue to launch a collaboration between Barnardos and Londis.