A republic rotten to the core

MICHAEL Collins, arguably, won the independence of this State through a network of highly intrusive surveillance.

The British security infrastructure was eventually overwhelmed by a more motivated, silent army of ordinary subversives the length and breath of Ireland. Eventually, the British system of government was so undermined that the mandate to rule became a mirage.

Collins proved that what you lack in one area, such as military might, you can make up for in other areas, such as strategic entrepreneurship. I believe that voluntary subversion is once again required to revive this nation. This time, the occupiers don’t have foreign accents or ten-pound guns, but they are meaner, more entrenched in their arrogance, and have done more harm to the welfare of the decent Irish than the British.