Sir, – If Angela Merkel visits Ireland next year during our presidency of the European Council, Enda Kenny should ask her to spare half an hour from her busy schedule to accompany him to the Leeson Street gate of St Stephen’s Green.
There he could show her the bronze statuary group and fountain and invite her to read the inscription it bears. This states in German, Irish and English: “In gratitude to the people of Ireland for the help given to German children after the second World War – Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Republic of Germany”. – Yours, etc,