There will be a feature on the unveiling of the Collins Statue on "Nationwide" on RTE1 TV at 18:30 Irish time tomorrow night (Wed 28th). It will probably be no more than 10 minutes out of a 30 minute program.

I managed to avoid most of the first half of the Rose of Tralee coverage last night (8pm until 11:20, with a half hour break for the news)- the coverage will be at least as long tonight. RTE have been giving this level of coverage to this competition for about twenty years now. I'm sure its very important to the girls in the competition and the communitities which they come from, but in my book it makes for very boring television