David Andrews and Des O'Malley are old friends, so there was some interest when the Minister for Foreign Affairs came up for a grilling before the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. A wide range of issues arose - including the North - and reports say the Minister performed very smoothly over two hours.
One amusing moment came when Andrews said that David Trimble had metamorphosed from a mere politician into a statesman. O'Malley replied "something like yourself David".