Terry Prone: So you’re thinking of running for the Áras... Are you out of your mind?
Ahead of every presidential election, deluded outliers consider running. They look you fearlessly in the eye and affirm in a quiet voice that they want to make a difference. Like Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson arriving at Áras an Uachtaráin on December 3, 1990 for her inauguration as president. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive/Denis Minihane
Within the Irish Examiner family of writers, it’s regarded as unacceptable to rubbish another columnist. You don’t get told this when you get the job. You just learn it by observation.
