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My last column before Christmas is a plum pudding from which I will pluck out some sweet plums and a few bitter almonds.
First plum: the Cork Holly Bough, which carries a fine picture of a relieved and happy Micheál Martin with his family, probably taken after he was finally reunited with them after his long Covid separation.
It also carries my modest piece on the politics of Niall Tóibín, who in New York once reflected that if Jewish comedians could make jokes about the Holocaust, surely we could get over the Famine?
Another fine plum is my annual letter from Tadhg O Leary of Mayfield, Cork, in flying column form this year. He begins as usual with ironic congratulations: I must commend you for your consistence in sullying the names of our Freedom fighters. And he goes on to excoriate the British Empire for its colonial crimes.
when we come back, seth west cot joins me in studio. coming up in late night after tonight s delay at the oval, the men resume their quest for gold. plus erin hamlin aims to end decades of german dominance in the luge. then tomorrow starting at 3:00, speed skating from the richmond oval as the fastest women on ice race in the 500 meters. then north in whistler, gold medals are at stake in men s and whip s biathlon. then in prime time, figure skating returns with the men s short program. evgeny plushenko returns from retirement. but the field has other ideas including evan lysacek and jeremy abbott as well as the crowd favorite, 19-year-old patrick chang. alpine skiing also continues from whistler with the men s super combined with bode miller returning in a two-part test of speed and skill. plus at cypress, american lindsey jacobellis rides for redemption and the gold medal in snowboard cross. go to nbcolympics to watch highlights. and the winter games continue. and now, a