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Pat McArt

Pat McArt: St Patrick's Day being less Irish or green just won't happen

As if to prove the very point I made last week how unionism has the same effectiveness as a circular firing squad along comes Arlene Foster who, in a really tetchy article in one of the English tabloids last Monday, hit out at St Patrick’s Day celebrations as being ‘too green’, Joe Biden – ‘too Irish’ and President Obama – “insulting”.

Absolute cracker it was!

I would contend Arlene’s article is something that should be on the curriculum for all aspiring diplomats, filed once again under that bulging section “How to Lose Friends and Influence.”

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