The Liberator’s lesson for embattled Bertie

ON the 160th anniversary of the death of Daniel O’Connell, the Taoiseach chose very deliberately to link his speech at Westminster with the Liberator.

In his struggle to organise his people to rise from servitude, O’Connell understood the importance of heritage and identity.

In the evolution of a nation, past, present and future must be seamless in its awareness of itself as a community and of the solidarity of all its citizens.