It’s time to put our sporting faith in power of a woman

IN straitened times for all, it is now clear that the Sports Council should spend every bob it has on supporting and funding Irish female athletes rather than the generally disappointing males of the species.

And at least one third of their entire kitty should be lodged into the bank account of the boxer Katie Taylor.

There was an old Redemptorists missioner around the provinces some years ago. He specialised in shock sermons. His best one began: “I spent the happiest years of my life in the arms of a woman.!”