Opposition parties are trying to exploit the country’s problems and are misleading people when they describe Ireland as a failed state. So said Taoiseach Micheál Martin in his speech at the Fianna Fáil ard fheis on Saturday.

But is it true that opposition parties unfairly talk down the country? To discuss Ciara spoke to Cathal Crowe a Fianna Fáil TD for Clare and Maurice Quinlivan, Sinn Fein TD for Limerick.