RIC commemoration a step too far for peace process

As we approach a number of centenary commemorations over the next few years, most especially the 1916 Easter Rising, the 1918 General Election and the First Dáil Éireann in 1919, calls have been made to be as inclusive as possible as we remember these, and other events, in which citizens died.

I agree.

I believe in the political ecumenism which has been generated following the Good Friday Agreement. However, the call by some retired members of the Garda Siochána, (Letters, Aug 24) indicating their intention to mark the ending of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and to commemorate all police officers killed during the War of Independence at Glasnevin Cemetery, is carrying political ecumenism a step too far.