All of us at some time or another are burdened by the stresses and strains of family or business life. It's part of the ups and downs that life challenges throw at us.
For some it can be difficult to cope; for others they take problems in their stride and move on. In past times your local politician was often a shoulder to whinge on or just a listening ear. In modern times politicians often feel that if the law of the land needs changing to suit their scenario, let's change it.

If there was ever a time to slap a muzzle on the whingers in the media, in politics and society in general it must be now.
On a recent national newspaper six headlines out of nine on one page alone was focused on how our country is going down the swanny.

The MacGill Summer School in the highlands of Donegal is being proposed as the site for a new interpretative and hideaway centre for back benchers and opposition colleagues who hope to make a name for themselves.
It's there all budding or disillusioned politicians head for to have their say and voice their opinions on the state of the economy or the state of their political party. It could end up as another House of Parliament to discuss the more serious issues facing our island. It seems to be the place where RTÉ and all the national media set up camp to get a view on the real state of the country and measures