Rory McIlroy - Issue not as sensitive as it once was

Ever since it became apparent that Rory McIlroy could be a world great in his sport some people have, for less than honourable reasons, tried to force him to declare allegiance to either Ireland or Britain.

This paint-him-into-a-corner blackmail had nothing to do with the individual, nothing to do with his wondrous talent or how he so impressively uses it. It had nothing to do with how he behaves or how he promotes these islands. In fact it had nothing to do with him at all.

Rather it is the same old, sad never-say-dies trying to create a conflict where there is none, trying to throw fuel on embers to try to re-ignite a dying conflict.