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Mon 09 Sep 2006Whole lotta hoopla but for grace of Clarke
LockerRoom: So, that was that. The world ground to a halt. Commerce ceased. Men laid down arms. The lame and the halt stood up to get a better view.
Did the earth move for you too, darling? Morning-after feelings? Ireland lost the war on cliche. It rained all weekend and USA Today described Paul O'Toole, the chief executive of Tourism Ireland, as having a "leprechaun-like smile". Many and liberal were the mentions of the Blarney Stone and the black stuff and it seems to have been an oversight on our part that we didn't come up with a golfing priest to fill the pieces of visiting colour writers.
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