All aboard for Patrick’s Day gravy train

ON St Patrick’s Day our politicians will rush like beggars to America.

Sat, 22 Feb, 2003 - 00:00

The spectacle of our public representatives rushing for the gravy train makes me sick.

Those few who are principled enough not to go in protest against Bush’s war plans deserve some respect for not crawling to Uncle Sam.

Martin Ford,

(One of the 100,000 protesters),

27, St Anne’s Terrace,

Sligo

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