Bishop and trade unions call on Ahern to rethink

THE Bishop of Kerry, Dr Bill Murphy, yesterday said Taoiseach Bertie Ahern may have been hasty in deciding not to have a national day of mourning to mark the death of John Paul II.

He pointed out that both Italy and Cuba had three days of mourning.

“I was expecting there might be (a day of mourning) in Ireland,” said Bishop Murphy on Radio Kerry’s Kerry Today current affairs programme.