Cormac MacConnell: Long suffering curse of Saint’s disapproval

As the green dust settles, and the austere old patron saint of the island shuffles away from the national and international spotlights for another year, I summon up all my courage, to confess I am delighted he has disappeared from the headlines for a while.

I am trembling in my shoes to publicly state this, and I may be stricken down stone dead before next Thursday, for the commission of a mortal sin of this magnitude. But frankly, I don’t give a curse. I couldn’t care less. There are times in life when you have to stand up and be counted.

I have never venerated or liked or respected Saint Patrick the Scotsman, for a whole host of good reasons.Yet again, that is the pure truth.