DIAGEO chiefs are "seriously considering" moving the company to Ireland to avail of low corporation tax rates, in a move that will send shockwaves through London's City and Whitehall.

OTHER countries do state dinners and 21-gun salutes but it often seems that no visit to Ireland by a foreign leader is complete without a visit to a pub and a pint of Guinness.

Gay Byrne described the Guinness Brewery and St James's Gate as a "safe haven" for shell-shocked returning WWI soldiers.