Irish Examiner view: President addresses the 'feigned amnesia' of British imperialism

President Michael D Higgins. Picture: Maxwell's

Had last week’s rugby game between Wales and Ireland been played in normal circumstances, then a minor military tattoo might have been offered as a stir-the-juices aperitif. 

The 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, might even have paraded William ‘Billy’ Windsor, a cashmere goat that serves as a lance corporal and regimental mascot. The ball, as it has been, might have been delivered by a commando abseiling from an attack helicopter.