IMAGINE the surprise of the big wigs and delegates at Monday's launch of the Government's euro awareness programme in Dublin Castle when they walked out to their morning coffee break to be confronted by a half dozen camera crews and 30 or more photographers. Had the media finally woken up to the euro, they wondered, as they straightened their ties? Alas no.

Having captured the participants going in to the Dunnes tribunal across the yard, the camera crews and photographers faced a long wait. And, as they do, they managed to sniff out the tea and coffee being set out across the Castle Yard for the euro launch.