There’s nothing we can’t do if we do it together — and that’s no cliché

A RANGE of experiences this past weekend began to make me wonder if there is something different going on in Ireland.

It’s taken me a while to put my finger on it, but the atmosphere is, I think, starting to change.

It was in the air quite a bit while Queen Elizabeth was here, but as powerful as all those experiences were, they were planned and orchestrated. Our reaction to a lot of the things that happened might have been spontaneous, but the visit itself was a highly stage-managed affair.