What's going up and what's going down this week
GOING UP
Bernard DunneVisiting your opponent in hospital shows you are a gent. Could this be the return of good manners?
ShaballahHooray for the new grunge décor. No carpets, no wallpaper, no perfect paintwork. Actually, shaballah could be a lot more work than it was trying to make your house look like a boutique hotel. And guess what? Boutique hotels in New York are now decorating in the shaballah style.
Donnacha O'Callaghangiving his Grand Slam medal to his mum, Marie. Now that's what we call a Mother's Day present. She wore it home.
Chicken runsNot the sequel to the film, but fashionable urbanites keeping hens in their gardens. The resulting rodents don't get so much publicity.
PyjamasOutfit of choice for the recession. Why did we ever wear anything else?
BeyoncéConquering the world for girls: on the cover of the upcoming edition of American Vogue, in Dublin in June.
The PresidentShe did great in Cardiff.
GOING DOWN
Garden waste warsThe recycling centres in Dublin don't sell the labels for the bags of green rubbish. There are three different types of label, and at least one stockist of the labels (the local post office) is closed on Saturday afternoons – peak gardening time. Result: bad-tempered chaos.
Bright blueUrgh, it's the fashionable colour for accessories this spring. Hardly the economic choice, given scuffs and stains.
The sound of silenceThe overflow of rugby fans were deflated by the lack of sound at the screen on Stephen's Green for the team's homecoming last Sunday. When sound fleetingly arrived, it was not synchronised with pictures. As one emerald-painted 10-year-old put it, "It would be nice if we could hear them."
Mini skirts on the under-18sHemlines in this age group still refusing to come on down. Hello? And vests displayed by any male over the age of six.