EURO commissioner Padraig Flynn was in fine form at the dinner held on Wednesday evening for the visiting European employment and social affairs ministers.West's Awake. It goes:

"But Hark! A Voice Like Thunder Spake: The West's Awake! The West's Awake! Sing Oh, Hurrah, Let England Quake, We'll Watch Till Death For Erin's Sake."

The Margin's man in a dickie bow says that British Minister, Mr Peter Lilley, listened carefully.