Madam, – The letter from John Fitzgerald advocating conscription to the Irish Army is one of the saddest I have read in a long time.<\/p>\n
\nFirst of all he implicitly insults the Defence Forces, of whom most of us are very proud, by saying that it should be forced to recruit members who do not wish to serve.<\/p>\n
Secondly, he also disgracefully manages to insult the vast majority of Irish young people.<\/p>\n
Over the years I have come across thousands of young people who engage constructively and positively with their communities. The real tragedy is that those terrific young people do not receive a fraction of the media coverage given to their less savoury peers. – Yours, etc,<\/p>\n
Clr DERMOT LACEY,<\/p>\n
Beech Hill Drive,<\/p>\n
Donnybrook,<\/p>\n
Dublin 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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