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Poor Briano. Poor, poor Briano. He must be feeling a bit hard done by.

Poor Briano. Poor, poor Briano. He must be feeling a bit hard done by.

Despite the present economic crisis, thousands of Irish people flocked to Cheltenham for the four-day festival that concludes today.

For what seems like forever now, there’s been nothing but misery wherever we turned. Job losses, out of control finances, political ineptitude, murder again in Northern Ireland and public unrest. And then all of a sudden, the sun comes out on Patrick’s Day, a decent Kilkenny parade, two Offaly men share some weed in the White House and a feelgood factor returns to the Emerald Isle, begorragh!

Farmers are suffering this week. Each week there appears to be a different category of people who are 'suffering' as a result of cuts in the economy.

Why can’t we just be happy? Be happy that for once our Government has made the right decision. Be happy in the knowledge that we’re doing the right thing. Be happy that our country can provide safety for those who deserve it. Be happy to know we can return the favour, the gift of freedom, to our global neighbours.

Remember the joke ‘What’s the difference between Iceland and Ireland? One letter and six months!’ Oh how Insider wishes that had been true.