MARY LOU WILL NEEDS A CASE FOR DEFENCE..

YOU know the world has turned on its head when for the next three months at least Ireland is in the World Cup but out of Eurovision.

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If nothing else it'll make for interesting banter in the Oval Office this St Patrick's Day.

If Micheal Martin gets in as part of Conor McGregor's entourage there will be plenty for the handpicked MAGA press corps to dig into.

Then there's always the open Trump regime play to destabilise Europe and dismantle the EU which was announced as official White House policy this week.