Politicians could not resist the Brady bandwagon

Sat, May 5, 2012, 01:00

It has been a tough week for the hierarchies of Fianna Fáil and the Irish Catholic Church, writes NOEL WHELAN

THIS WEEK saw two of Ireland’s once dominant national institutions continue to struggle with their depleted circumstances. Both the Fianna Fáil hierarchy and the Irish Catholic Church hierarchy are facing crises, although of a different order.

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