Not wearing the poppy

Madam, - Why did our President not wear a poppy and/or lay a poppy wreath in St Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, instead of using…

Madam, - Why did our President not wear a poppy and/or lay a poppy wreath in St Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday, instead of using what amounts to an Easter lily wreath?

As an Irishman and a former member of the Royal Navy, I am saddened that again the President of Ireland absents herself from inclusiveness in remembering the 30,000 Irish men who died in the world wars. Pity. - Yours, etc,

TOMMY MORRIS, Leixlip, Co Kildare.