Politics

The gun and the national anthem

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 01:30

Sir, – Now that – following two magnificently successful state visits – the gun has at last gone from Irish-British politics, could it please be removed from our national anthem? Yours, etc,

RICHARD WOOD,

Carrigrohane,

Co Cork

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