Sir, - As President, Mary Robinson exploited the symbolic aspect of her office very effectively with the light in the window of the Aras. She invited us to dance with her in Ireland.
The invitation and the challenge of President Mary McAleese is to Come to the Edge. In Christchurch we saw her go to that edge.
Will we fly with her? Or are we to be caught in the mindset of those Cabinet ministers, seen outside the Cathedral, in the grey, grainy, camera footage during the funeral of Douglas Hyde?
John Montague's words come to mind:
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Religion poisons us
North and South.
A special force of
Angels we'd need
To put manners on us.
- Yours, etc.,
South Douglas Road, Cork.