Star sign: Capricorn

Favourite restaurant anywhere: Cre na Cille, Tuam, Co Galway

Desert island book: Wild Swans, Jung-chang

Person you would most like to spend Easter with: Mr James Gogarty

Person you would least like to share your Easter egg with: The person who attacked the young school girl on the way to school

Your most annoying habit: I don't know

Your most pleasing aspect: Self-praise is no praise

Most useful classroom cliche: How about a note to your parents!

Where will you be for the last New Year's Eve of the 20th century: Having a get-together with a few friends at home

Most embarrassing incident of 1999: Can't remember any

Favourite beverage: Pint of Guinness

Recurring nightmare: Falling asleep while driving

Most enjoyable daydream: Galway winning the all-Ireland hurling and football finals in 1999

Favourite TV programme: Prime Time

Marks out of 10 for Micheal Martin: Wait until Congress

Dream car: Alfa Romeo 2.0 T-spark

Your pet: Goldfish

Who puts out the bins in your house: Whoever remembers to do so

Staff room memory: I'm always kept busy with yard duty at break time

Teen pin-up (whose poster was on your bedroom wall?): Elvis

Classroom clobber, what do you wear to impress your students: I wear myself out at the teaching!

Your favourite Hello feature this Year? Goodbye

So, you don't read, why not? I prefer Phoenix

Did you read the interview with Gerry Adams in Playboy: I did not know Gerry was a Playboy fan

Favourite exercise: Walking, cycling

Dream holiday: Cruise down the Nile

Who cleans the wok? I fell out with Chinese cooking - the wok has been decommissioned

If you weren't a teacher, what would you be? Commerce

Computers - are you a nerd or a numbskull? Halfway

In 20 words, what's wrong with school league tables? The schools are not playing on an even pitch

Would you ban smoking in the staff room? Yes

To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, are all very well, what about something fresher for the kids? Against the Tide - Noel Browne