Collins ‘would have been frustrated by pact delay’

MICHAEL COLLINS would have been frustrated by the delay in implementing the Good Friday Agreement, a remembrance ceremony heard yesterday.

Fine Gael MEP Simon Coveney said Collins had a deep desire to see a united Ireland and was committed to peaceful means.

“Collins was a stickler for timekeeping and meeting agreed deadlines. The years that have passed since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, while we still wait for its full implementation, would have frustrated him intensely,” he said.