Sir, – There are lies, damn lies and there is selective quotation. Vincent Browne did not quote the Taoiseach in full when he cited Enda Kenny's vision for Ireland as being the best country in the world in which to do business (Opinion, February 11th). The full quotation from Mr Kenny's speech to the 2013 MacGill summer school is: ". . . the best small country in the world in which to do business, to raise a family and to grow old with dignity and respect". One may agree or disagree with this vision, but is shows a concern relating to far more than the economy.
Granted Mr Kenny’s vision may not have people leaping to the barricades, but it is vision which, if delivered, would be no mean achievement, and would certainly create a better country than the one we now live in.
I would not underestimate the difficulty for anyone of articulating a vision for Irish society which captures the imagination of the Irish people. It is not merely a question of rhetoric, though language matters, but of finding the ties which can bind in solidarity a pluralist society.
At least Mr Kenny has put forth a vision; it is for others to put their visions before the people and let them decide which they will espouse. – Yours, etc,
SEAMUS MULCONRY,
Kings Avenue,
Ballybough Dublin 3.