Pat & Rory

Pat Kenny became very agitated the other day on the subject of Rory McIlroy and an interview he gave to the Daily Mail newspaper. Rory said that he has always felt more British than Irish. Pat thought this was a stupid thing to say. Seemingly and surprisingly, Pat knows Rory better then Rory knows Rory.

It was a rare and interesting outburst from Pat. It was interesting in that he chose a sporting issue on which to discard his usual staunchly impartial stance. Pat made the decision that a matter pertaining to professional golf was not worthy of his trademark cautiousness, that he could let the hair down a bit. In trifling matters such as sport it appears Pat is not hesitant to let himself go.

It would be great to see Pat being similarly candid, similarly fast and loose with his tuppence worth when it comes to, say, coverage of the teacher conferences, the labour relations commission or the Croke Park agreement but no, it seems he will keep it to the golf. And Trapattoni.