The birthplace of democracy has gotten used to turmoil, says Ryle Dwyer

EVERY so often RTÉ really gets it right and one thing recently which blew me away was a programme entitled: On God’s Mission, which details the life and work of some of the remaining Irish missionaries working with the world’s poorest people.

THE current rumblings within Fianna Fáil and Mary Harney’s hand bagging of MichaelMcDowell this week were reminders that prior to the arrival of Charlie Haughey on the political scene, there were no power struggles in the main political parties within Leinster House.