‘Flawed’ proclamation is part of the problem

EACH Easter the Proclamation of the Irish Republic is read with great solemnity at the 1916 commemoration.

It is treated almost as a sacred document. I assert that in fact it is seriously flawed in that it encapsulates and perpetuates the root causes of the conflict on this island.

It says: “The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irishwoman”.