O’Connell’s view sharply relevant: Any return to terror must be rejected

RTÉ last night broadcast the first of Olivia O’Leary’s two documentaries on Daniel O’Connell. When the programme-makers first considered the project, they could not have

imagined, nor could anyone else, how relevant this celebration of O’Connell’s rejection of violence would be more than 170 years after his death. It’s a badly-needed reminder.