Time for Ireland to finally grow up

COME back Queen Elizabeth, all is forgiven.

Oh, and by the way, we are really, really sorry for all the pointless violence, especially against entirely innocent members of your family.

If the Good Friday Agreement was, according to Seamus Mallon, “Sunningdale for slow learners” (and it was), then the long overdue visit of the head of State of our nearest neighbour is a depressing recognition of the length of our post-colonial psychosis.