The Government needs to take a page out of Munster’s playbook

I HAVE a friend called Ger.

We all call him Ger, but when he’s a famous actor — as he will be — you’ll know him as Gerard Adlum. He’s from Templemore, and has great talent and presence on stage. He struggles a bit on the golf course, mostly through lack of practice, although he’s capable of pulling off the odd majestic shot.

But the thing that endears me most to him is the text he unfailingly sends me on certain highly fraught occasions. I was waiting for it on Sunday afternoon, as I was biting my nails to the quick. It goes like this: “When all is said and done, is there any team, in any sport, you’d rather follow than Munster?”