Poignant and painful in Portrane

I was wondering when the ordure would hit the fan as I watched The Asylum (RTE1).

I was wondering when the ordure would hit the fan as I watched The Asylum (RTE1).

It didn't take long. Next afternoon, Mannix Flynn, a sometime guest of the nation, was leading the charge on Joe Duffy's Liveline. He wasn't alone.

This new documentary series is about St Ita's Psychiatric Hospital, Portrane, and focuses on the patients who are mentally ill, rather than those who have what the modern world is pleased to ...