On our national day, Enda should be here

I recently wrote to An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, to express my view that the practice of both, his, and his ministers, being off the island, over the St Patrick’s Day festival, is not only misguided, but very wrong.

On our national day, the leader of the 26 counties should be here, with us, as should the majority of his cabinet.

St Patrick, you’ll remember, brought the Gospel to Ireland, and for our leaders to be absent on the day that honours him is a disrespect to Christ himself.