Mary Robinson's accomplishments and controversies chronicled in new documentary

Mary Robinson has lived a rich political life but her work is ongoing, evidenced in a new documentary about her life by Dublin director Aoife Kelleher, Esther McCarthy writes

Mrs Robinson: a film on the life of Mary Robinson, in cinemas from August 23

She was the president who had a transformative impact on Ireland, the leader whose election heralded a massive period of social and political change.

Now a new documentary tells how Mary Robinson’s determination to push for a better world is ongoing — even though she initially declined to take part in the documentary.