We should be warned by the words of Dennis Potter, that brave spirit who wrote the wonderful television plays, "Blue Remembered Hills", "The Singing Detective" and "Pennies from Heaven". Nearing his last gasp, he sustained himself through an interview by drinking liquid morphine from a flask and averred that Rupert Murdoch had single-handedly debased the currency of political and social dialogue in Britain. Let us ensure he does not get the chance to do it here by sticking his ignorant, Australian foot in the door of Irish sporting culture.