Now the euro carries a bit of weight against sterling

It must make you feel a slight pang if you live in Iran knowing your 100,000 riyal note wouldn’t buy you a burger in Nenagh, writes Colm O’Regan

It’s the bit on the news that we rarely notice. At that stage we’re fed up of depressing stories and wondering what’s going to be on nationwide? Perhaps something to cheer us up? Maybe there might be a fella in Carlow who has taken his whittling hobby all the way to the Kremlin.

Just after the last of the sport: