Our delegation to Pyongyang - TDs’ flight of fancy almost defies satire
However, it is unlikely that any of those fairly described as meek might have a successful career in politics while they wait for that particular glory train to arrive. Like many human endeavours, the profession of politics requires a robustness of self-esteem that very few can summon or sustain. Or tolerate.
Thankfully, there are politicians of conviction but there also those whose vanity is a dominant, unshakeable trait. Every now and then one of these Icarus figures renews the relevance of that laughably puffed-up warning: “It (The Skibbereen Eagle) will still keep its eye on the Emperor of Russia and all such despotic enemies — whether at home or abroad.” It is coincidental that the Emperor of Russia and his family met their grim fate at Ipatiev House a decade after that shot across his bows left West Cork. Any suggestion the paper, for all its charms, influenced seismic events century ago seems an over-reach on a par with the suggestion that three minor Irish politicians, each virtually unknown outside their constituency bubble, might travel to North Korea on what has been described as a “peace mission”.
