MINISTER OF State at the Department of Education Ciaran Cannon was heavy of heart after The Late Late Show'sEurosong programme last Friday night. The Minister, we reckon, is not a Jedward fan.

After the hair-raising twins won the right to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Content in Azerbaijan, a dejected Cannon tweeted: "How have we travelled from the beautifully crafted and exquisitely performed What's Another Yearto this inane muck?" How, indeed.

Answers, on a postcard, to C Cannon, Leinster House . . .