MANDELA, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi make the list. So too do Bill Clinton, John F Kennedy and Franklin D Roosevelt. Aung San Suu Kyi and Mary Robinson are cited, as is Hillary Clinton.

MORNING Ireland will celebrate its 25th anniversary this morning with the first broadcast of the entire programme in front of a live audience.

I believe that’s tragic. Actually, it’s also hugely dangerous. The more respect for parliament is allowed to be corroded, the closer we all get to a slippery slope – and it’s the slippery slope, believe it or not, that leads to effective dictatorship.

THE sumptuous Merrion Hotel has seen its fair share of history – the Duke of Wellington was born there and regular patron Robbie Williams’ career was last seen alive there – now it can claim to be the launching pad for George Lee: Political Superstar.

TREVOR SARGENT rallied his eco-warriors with a defiant cry that they were about to go into Government by breaking through the glass ceiling — unfortunately he was speaking in a conservatory at the time.