Readers' Blog: Government showing its ignorance of history

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said that boycotts never work. Could it be that he has never heard of the Land League or of Michael Davitt?

Readers' Blog: Government showing its ignorance of history
Thu, 14 Jun, 2018 - 01:00

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said that boycotts never work. Could it be that he has never heard of the Land League or of Michael Davitt?

The Taoiseach has spoken of a modern Constitution for a modern people. It is as if our people have just arrived on the planet without any history, traditions or principles.

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