Spiky symbol of a moral desert

SELDOM will a public monument so aptly encapsulate the mood of a nation as will the Spire of Dublin.

An edifice that is 'non-functional, non-contextual and sterile' (An Taisce) reflects the political and moral desert that is modern Ireland. With economic success, many have lost self-respect, while few in authority feel a need to give good example. We are subjected to an insidious censorship a neutralising process known as 'political correctness' when to speak plainly, to be patriotic or overtly Christian is to invite censure.

The placing of this symbol of official Ireland's neutral value status close to the GPO a monument resonant with patriotic values marks a victory for the dictatorship of political correctness.