Is that a first? No-one from Sinn Fein is available for a platform on Ireland's biggest audience current affairs prog, Morning Ireland, to answer what should be simple questions on the SF handling of an ex-worker who has now been convicted of child sex abuse. Not looking good...

State of our Main Media! They still haven't established who Person E, the ex-SF "HR manager" in N Ireland, who protected two colleagues who wrongly gaver refs for Person A. There's only 14 staff at SF HQ in NI. Absolutely pathetic, hang yer heads in shame.

What is it with ships from the New Zealand navy. We bought one 15 years ago for €1.5m which sank during a breeze in Lough Foyle and was sold for £30,000 scrap. Let's hope the two we bought last year for €26m (plus €3m post and packing), fare better.

Shaggy! It wasn't me. TD Peadar Toibin is first out of the gates to deny he is "Cobalt", the Oireachtas spy who's been having extramarital encounters with a striking looking Russki female agent. Already discounted you Peadar bc of prior contact with paramilitaries, but well done!

Day #8, eighth consecutive day of frontpages on the SF 'paedophile scandal' and it's a hat-trick across all the N Ireland papers today. Via newsagent Eugene Diamond

Main Media still referring to "someone in SF HR" or "a (indefinite article) HR manager" It was, according to Michelle O'Neill on Sat "the (definite article) HR manager" and given there's only 14 staff in SF HQ in NI, surely it shouldn't be a problem to identify them.

7.5% increase in asking prices for homes down here - SF tweet all about it 6.4% increase in actual prices in N Ireland (including 3.6% in the most recent quarter) - SF silent as the grave Not looking good, Shinners!