From A to Z: Mick Clifford's highlights and lowlights of 2021

Mick Clifford gives us his round-up of some of the highlights and lowlights of 2021

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A – Armagh, site  of controversial remembering

Early October and the word leaked out that Michael D Higgins would not be attending an inter denomination event in Armagh to mark the centenary of the establishment of Northern Ireland. Much breast-beating ensued. Should he stay or should he go? Polls suggested that somewhere between 68% and 80% of people agree with the president’s decision. One wag pointed out that Michael D’s popularity is such that if he had decided he would go the same volume of people would have agreed with that decision.