Should opposition parties stop talking down the country?

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

b'Opposition parties are trying to exploit the country\\u2019s problems and are misleading people when they describe Ireland as a failed state. So said Taoiseach Miche\\xe1l Martin in his speech at the Fianna F\\xe1il ard fheis on Saturday. \\n\\nBut is it true that opposition parties unfairly talk down the country? To discuss Ciara spoke to Cathal Crowe a Fianna F\\xe1il TD for Clare and Maurice Quinlivan, Sinn Fein TD for Limerick.'