Letters to the Editor: Paving the way to a more ethical way of living?

06/12/2019 EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan during a visit An Post’s new automated parcel hub at Oak Road, Dublin. The new Dublin Parcel Hub (DPH) is part of An Post’s transformation from an old world of letters to a new world of parcels and e-commerce. The organisation is making big moves to become the backbone of ecommerce in Ireland and has invested heavily in this new Parcel Hub to link Irish companies with global markets and to process increasing international parcel volumes for delivery across the country. Photo:Gareth Chaney/Collins

At least, and at last, some sense of decency and decorum has eventually triumphed over arrogant entitlement which has all too often pervaded things political in this country. Big Phil’s demise was fully of his own making entirely, despite his attempts to shift blame with paltry, vacuous ‘whinings’.

No one doubts his tough nose for the negotiating table, and his absence from the EU top platform will surely be missed. in terms of clinching a done-deal as per various trade issues, not least Brexit minutiae. But perhaps, just perhaps, this unfortunate episode heralds the way for a cleaner, more equitable concept of country and continental representation. Ethics, morals, and simple basic respect for all and sundry is what it should all be about. Pity it’s taken a pandemic to shift the compass.