Leinster Council to count the cost of Dubs’ provincial demise

THERE is a cracking scene in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ where the Peoples’ Front of Judea – or is it the Judean People’s Front? – are plotting the eviction of Julius Caesar and his legions from the Holy Land.

“What have the Romans ever done for us,” asks John Cleese’s militant ringleader, to which the reply is a long and ever more enthusiastic list of civilised advancements ranging all the way from aqueducts to wine.

The lesson? Be careful what you wish for.