McGurk: Election is a hollow charade for voters
Our situation, controlled by Europe, means that the ritual of Irish elections is reminiscent of the former eastern bloc
Just before the collapse of the Iron Curtain, I was shooting a television documentary in Hungary. Western press access was still carefully controlled and, after a week of red tape, we managed to get permission to film. But the comrades at the Foreign Press Office insisted on giving us a minder, a bright and personable young ...