John Keyes

Five point summary:

• Castrogiovanni’s injury destroyed Italy’s game-plan.
• Murray and O’Gara justified their positions, their replacements were excellent when they came on too.
• Mike Ross is the silent scrum assassin.
• Ferris, and O’Brien: battering rams (with finesse) carrying the ball, and tackle magnets without it.
• Donnacha Ryan impressed again for his short period on the pitch.

When you have the responsibility for place-kicking on a team you have to take the rough with the smooth. You get the kudos when things go well and when they don’t you have to take it on the chin. Everyone wants to play from the start but you have to respect the decisions that are made for the right reasons. It’s about the team, not the individual.

The Kingdom Tower will be 173 metres taller than the Burj Khalifa.

To put that into an Irish context, Liberty Hall is 60 metres tall, and the spire is 120 metres tall.

Unsurprisingly, 50 of the 100 tallest buildings have been constructed since 2000, a tall legacy of the property boom.

YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF

If caterpillars emerged from their cocoons as butterflies with heavy, sagging testicles I’d imagine they’d feel the same as you might right now.

Same-sex marriage challenges freedom

We cherish true freedom, not as the license to do whatever we want, but the liberty to do what we ought.

It comes as little surprise that this quote comes from the mouth of a catholic clergyman. I think he should be more worried about sorting out his own house, than doling out such pearls of wisdom.