St Patrick’s Day - Taoiseach should not participate
Not all of them show us in a good light and in at least one instance — New York’s parade ban on gays — it seems as if the homophobia expressed comes straight from the fifth century when the Welsh swineherd was sent across St George’s Channel to save the Irish from the paganism we so happily wallowed in.
That bizarre veto, which surely would not be allowed stand if it focussed on any other minority, has inevitably provoked a negative response from the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio who has decided to boycott the event.
