Freemasonry remains an anachronism

WATCHING the RTÉ programme about Freemasonry (February 18), I was particularly struck by a few issues:

1) Masonry, by allowing RTÉ inside Molesworth Street, is clearly acknowledging it has an image problem in the wider community however, it is hard to see how this PR exercise will have done much to redress that.

2) Judging by the lodge members seen in the film, its age profile suggests it is having a serious recruitment problem among younger males a problem which is unlikely to be lessened by glimpses of the somewhat humiliating initiation ceremonies.