A chara, – How cheering it is that on St Patrick’s Day one can enjoy the surprisingly unusual sight of seeing the tricolour flown at most schools, businesses, and government buildings in the Republic.
Instead of the usual practice of taking the flag down the following day and leaving the flagpole empty for the rest of the year, perhaps this centenary of the Easter Rising could be the first year where the flag is proudly and prominently flown year-round.
As so many small European countries know, a hard-won national flag is a symbol of pride, its colours a focus of unity, and its flying a celebration of our sovereignty.
We’ve earned the right to a little bit of patriotism.
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– Is mise le meas,
RORY CROTTY,
Douglas,
Corcaigh.