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I spent this morning driving to County Down to pick up a very expensive bottle of whiskey from two lovely older gay gentlemen, then delivering it to Skinner Senior.This was justifiable for two reasons - firstly, because you don't come across Old Comber Whiskey very often these days, and secondly because you can't beat driving through South Down on a Sunday morning for that sense of emulating a car advert (winding country roads, all but empty, surrounded by lush green fields and all bathed in glorious sunshine.)What wasn't justifiable was the lunacy I ended up subjecting myself to on Newstalk radio while driving.Carol Coleman - the former RTE hack that George Dubya hated - has a current affairs round-up show which is normally pretty good.What let her down was her sudden loss of...

I've been thinking all week about the Iranian conference on the holocaust, and all sorts of things are disturbing me about it.Obviously, there are the initial concerns about holocaust denial in general. Western media coverage has been vociferous in its condemnation of the motley crew of white supremacists, rogue rabbis, neo-Nazis and other dubious types who gathered in Tehran to 're-examine' the holocaust.I share the concern that so many varied interests would seek to deny the mass murder of millions of people. It is certainly deeply worrying to see so many bizarre fellow travellers gathered together with the intention of casting doubt on the historical veracity of the holocaust.But there are plenty of other things to get concerned about in relation to this conference. The first would be...