Pope for President: How we need his positivity!

IT has been a truly memorable two weeks for Irish sport.

It started with Derval O'Rourke's 60m hurdles world gold in Moscow, the main course came during Festival Week in Cheltenham with our world-class equine sport industry, and dessert (and oh, how sweet it tasted) in Twickenham last Saturday with that ecstasy-inducing last-gasp try to beat England and clinch the Triple Crown.

Bear in mind, were it not for the brainless kick into touch by Robert Sidoli to gift France the lineout from which their match-winning try came against Wales, Ireland would also be Six Nations champions. Could it be that, finally, the worm is turning?

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