Former minister Ray Burke has shown that he is still a dab hand at cutting a property deal. After selling his Swords home on the edge of the new shopping centre for a reputed £3 million, he has traded down to a more modest fourbed detached home beside the Regency Hotel on the airport road. His new home in Griffith Downs cost around £450,000 and is a stone's throw from Home Farm soccer club who have an impeccable reputation for encouraging promising footballers.

How about a change of career, Ray?