Time to realise goal of fairer, better Ireland

IN 1997 I sent a letter to your newspaper regarding many commentators who questioned the right of Belfast-born Mary McAleese to run for the Presidency of Ireland.

Time to realise goal of fairer, better Ireland

I described it as a “partitionist mindset” that ignored the constitution and the vision of Ireland that men like Collins, Seán Moylan and Lemass etc had.

So now 14 years later, sitting at a laptop, rather than with pen and paper, bulkier than 14 years ago, I find that I have changed but political commentary has not.

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