TV: Pity the poor councillors

I worried whether so many local representatives were actually homeless

Councillor Hugh McElvaney in the spotlight on RTE One’s RTE Investigates: Standards in Public Office

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RTE Investigates: Standards in Public Office: RTE One

Tested on Humans: RTE Two

Wild Girls: RTE Two

Ireland’s Rising: RTE One

The Bridge: BBC Four

You’d have to be worried about local representatives afterRTE Investigates(RTE One), not least because local government is where many future TDs are handed their political teething rings.

The programme revealed a number of councillors who appear to live in a permanent state of bewilderment about ...