Sir, – Laura Kennedy writes: “It’s so like us to spread across the world and then determine that those who have our country carved into their hearts aren’t doing it right” (“Irishness is as vague a concept as there is. When you leave, that vagueness only escalates””, Life, March 27th).
A more cogent statement against extending voting rights to the diaspora could not be made. – Is mise,
KENNETH HARPER,
Burtonport,
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