A couple of days ago we caught up with a man who in this parish rates as one of the greats of the game. We accept that not many others might see it that way, but for us Conrad Smith was exceptional.
As we begin to emerge from enforced hibernation due to Covid-19, it is timely to gauge how we have evolved as a nation over the past four months. Kantar has surveyed how the population feels, and what they think will happen in the future.
Irish and European holidaymakers holidaymakers can expect to be banned from travelling to the United States for months under coronavirus restrictions, according to America's most prominent public health official.
In scenes not witnessed for years in government-controlled parts of Syria, dozens of men and women marched through the streets last week, protesting a sharp increase in prices and collapse of the currency, some even calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Ba'ath party.
The Covid-19 crisis could see many workers and unemployed individuals landed with unexpected tax bills - and others tying up loose ends so they're not hit for tax unnecessarily.
As we begin to emerge from enforced hibernation due to Covid-19, it is timely to gauge how we have evolved as a nation over the past four months. Kantar has surveyed how the population feels, and what they think will happen in the future.
Pierre Nkurunziza, the president of Burundi, who died last Monday aged 55, was a former sports instructor-turned-Hutu rebel leader who came to power in Africa's poorest country in an election in 2005 after the 12-year Hutu-Tutsi civil war that left 300,000 people dead.
