Today's black marks on the scorecard of Irish society:

- Corruption/Incompetence in the Irish police force.

- Irish tops European league for illegal drug use.

- Headmaster of multi-denominational primary school sacked over his insistance that Protestant and Catholic schoolchildren should receive common religious instruction together but that matters of doctrinal difference (e.g. holy communion) should be taught outside school hours. School management board disaggrees saying all religious instruction should occur at school and that segregation to occur where necessary. The school is a "Gaelscoil", meaning all teaching is done through the Irish language.