PRIESTS, eh? You can't live with them, and you can't find them when you're looking for them.

I find it utterly bewildering that nobody knows where Bishop Magee is.

He can't have just disappeared. He can't have just popped out to the shops for some milk and bread and hopped on a plane to nowhere.

No one seems to know where this man has gone. His friends don't know, the Church doesn't know. He has gone into the fourth dimension. That place where Bishop Casey went all those years ago.

I wonder what it looks like, this priestly never never land. I wonder who's there? And how do they get there? Is there a teleportal in some church that transports these men?

Has he arrived in a world where everybody looks like him, and all they say is "Bishop Magee ... .Bishop Magee".

All joking aside, and I could go on for a while, how the hell does a priest disappear?

He's a man who, along with the Vatican, encouraged the concealment of child abuse allegations. Now he has gone underground and being the true weakling that he is, hasn't emerged.

And there are those who are hiding him, or at least know his location.

On Sunday Archbishop Martin told his congregation: "Some years ago I was criticised in some Church circles for speaking of strong forces still present in the Church which "would prefer that the truth did not emerge".

"There are signs," I said, "of subconscious denial on the part of many about the extent of the abuse which occurred within the Church of Jesus Christ in Ireland and how it was covered up."

Archbishop Martin knows it and we know it.

Denial, dishonestly and cover-up are integral to the Church's mindset.

And now cowardice is up there.

Priests, eh?

Watch out, Grainne. In the fickle world of TV, you're soon written off

Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC until 2004, once said something along the lines of "Talent [the term used for presenters or actors] should be nurtured, cared for, cherished and minded, until they are needed no more".

That sums up the cruel, fickle world of television. One minute you are hot, the next you wonder if you will ever work again.

Last year, Grainne Seoige had two great gigs, one in Ireland presenting the All Ireland Talent Show, and one in Britain -- part of the brand spanking new show Daybreak for ITV.

But one has been axed and the other is to get an overhaul. She must be very nervous at the moment.

The All Ireland Talent Show did incredibly well, ratings wise. But after three years, it has been replaced by the new hit show The Voice.

They have called it The Voice Of Ireland, which is ridiculous. It makes it sound like a 1960s twee Oirish record that would have been sold to Americans who yearned for the green fields of home.

Still, this format is terrific and it should work well here.

But there is the question of the presenter, or host. Would it work with Grainne back at the helm?

Or should a new face be attached to a new show?

RUBBISH

It is a horrible situation for Grainne to be in. In America, The Voice is presented by Carson Daly, a well-known host, famous from the show TRL, on MTV. These talent shows are predominantly presented by males -- Dermot O'Leary, Ryan Seacrest, Steve Jones now doing the US X Factor.

Cat Deeley and Tess Daly are the only females currently known for hosting talent shows.

RTE could easily go for Nicky Byrne, or some other handsome bloke, if they wanted to play it safe.

Then there is Grainne's other job -- Daybreak. This pile of rubbish is without a doubt the biggest blunder ITV has made in a long, long time. (Not Grainne, the show I mean.)

There are so many false smiles, uncomfortable moments and forced camaraderie on the programme. I'd feel more comfortable listening to someone drag their nails down a chalkboard for two hours than watch this disaster of a show.

But within that mess, Grainne Seoige actually is one of the few good things. She does her reports well, she doesn't try to out-grin/out-smile/out- laugh her co-hosts and she is a grounding force in a sea of candyfloss.

The terrible thing for Grainne is that she has absolutely no control over whether she stays at Daybreak, or gets to present The Voice ... oh, Of Ireland. Within the space of 12 months, Grainne has gone from working non-stop in Ireland and Britain, to a shaky few months ahead.

When Dermot O'Leary was assured that he was the last British presenter in the running for the US X Factor, he didn't know that Steve Jones was quietly being considered.

When Cheryl Cole was filming the auditions and being treated like a queen, she didn't know they were quietly getting ready to fire her.

In the tough old world of television, it's dangerous to be nurtured, cared for, cherished and minded. Because no doubt someone new will come in, will want to make their mark, and you will be needed no more.

- Anna Nolan