Big business and religion make for uneasy bedfellows

A few weeks ago we got in touch with David Quinn of the Iona Institute, well-known commentator on religious affairs.

We were keen to talk about the buzz about Tim Tebow, star American football quarterback and — significantly for our chat — a Christian of strong beliefs.

We were talking to David about how palatable it would be to an Irish audience, or not, if one of our sportspeople were to speak loud and long about their beliefs, and he pointed out that in general terms Irish people tend to prefer their athletes not to be as ostentatious in their demonstrations of belief.