Fergus Finlay: Two men who made their mark on this country and will be missed

The Labour Party lost two former general secretaries in the last few days, both of whom left an undeniable mark on his country, writes Fergus Finlay

Brendan Halligan: As a servant of the public in a variety of roles, he has, as the saying goes, done the State some service

I was in a radio studio on Sunday, with two young journalists. Both very bright. Both clued into how politics works and doesn’t work, and both, despite their youth, very savvy about media.

We were discussing the Sunday Independent’s acknowledgement last weekend of the way it had treated John Hume in the period before the major breakthrough in the peace process.