An echo chamber for political verbiage

IT’S that time of year again.

Up in Donegal, in the village of Glenties, the townspeople are overrun. Their picturesque settlement becomes the focus of national media attention as the intelligentsia meet to expand and expound on the issues of the day.

Welcome to the Patrick MacGill Summer School, wherein a nation’s hopes and fears are encapsulated and disseminated to the masses. Over the course of the week, a collection of people who have been running or influencing the State for years meet and discuss how, if only they had a chance, they could make the State a better place.