Tired ritual of St Patrick's Day

Madam, – You report “Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin…

Madam, – You report “Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will meet US President Barack Obama at the White House on St Patrick’s Day to discuss progress in the Northern peace process.” (Breaking News, February 6th). Is there any way to stop this?

I, for one, am tired of this annual ritual of Irish politicians coming to the US every St Patrick’s Day. Most of us don’t want them here. We don’t want to see their ugly mugs. It would be much better if they were to stay at home and try to fix their failed economies and their failed states.

Millions of us voted with our feet and left the connivers, the petty, the narrow-minded and the indolent behind. If we want to see them, we may visit. – Yours, etc,

JOHN E O’BEIRNE,

Granite Springs Road,

Yorktown Heights,

New York, US.