Not the Irish way

YOUR correspondent Sorcha Healy (Irish Examiner letters, November 21) sees no problem with Irish citizens accepting official British honours.

She dismisses critics as “misguided” or worse, “bigots.”

Article 9 of the Irish constitution stipulates “fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State” on the part of all citizens. More specifically, Article 40 explicitly excludes “titles of nobility or of honour.”

JA Barnwell

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