On a different track

Ahead of his visit to Cork, Dan Buckley spoke to broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo about Anglo-Irish relations, Britain’s Conservative Party, bailouts, and a love of trains

NOT a lot of people know this, but Michael Portillo, darling of Britain’s Conservative Party for decades, has a thing about trains.

The former, future British Prime Minister loves to chat about his BBC television documentary series in which he travels through Britain and Ireland.