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Never before has the world taken such an interest in a Presidential election as they did in the American race to the White House.

THE PENULTIMATE year of the Bush administration produced several Hollywood films which attempted to be critical of US foreign policy.

At Shannon Airport five people took on the might of the US military – and put a Navy war-plane out of action. Astonishingly, they convinced a jury that to do so was not a crime.

I was surprised to learn recently that I shared a theatrical experience with the journalist and commentator Fintan O’Toole. Years ago Fintan went to the toilet during one of the many intervals in John Arden’s The Non-Stop Connolly Show (it was non-stop for an amazing 24-hours). The toilet was just behind the stage. When Fintan came out, the performance had restarted, and he was on stage. The audience applauded the embarrassed young Fintan.

Unlike most of the Government I’ve never been to Cocoa Beach and, in fact, I’d never heard of the place until last week.

At just after 3pm on Tuesday, a middle aged man heard his phone ringing. He picked it up to answer.

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.

THROUGHOUT THE past decade Offaly’s Neil Delamere has been one of the top comics on the Irish comedy circuit. After graduating from DCU in the late 1990s he decided programming computers wasn’t for him and instead he began to do open mic slots in Dublin circuit.

Despite the much hoped for change, war in the Middle East and troop movements through Shannon have not ceased under President Barack Obama’s administration.