Colin Sheridan: President's pardoning of middle-aged son hardly surprising, and quite unimportant

All it does is confirm what we already knew; that these people in positions of extreme power are only ever in it for themselves

President Joe Biden greets his son Hunter Biden after addressing the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool

“My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty. According to my bond; no more nor less.” - Cordelia to her father, King Lear, in Shakepeare's King Lear 

When we were children, our father would ritually stop at a monument in the centre of Galway city and regale us with the story James Lynch FitzStephen, mayor of Galway in 1493. It’s less of a monument, really, and more the derelict ruins of a medieval building.