Former RTÉ northern editor Tommie Gorman delivers oration at Béal na mBláth in Co Cork on 101st anniversary of the death of Collins
Last month, at Barnsbury Street in Islington, London, where Collins was initiated into the IRB in 1909, a plaque honouring him was unveiled with the support of Islington Council. It is part of Islington’s Irish Trail that honours the history of the Irish community in the area. As a 16-year-old Collins went to London from Cork in 1906 and got a job as a post office clerk. It was a city where emigrants, Irish included, were not always welcomed.
Mr Gorman said that the UK and Ireland has much to gain from good relations between the two countries. “Given the ties of kinship between us and the practical benefits of cordial relations, being anti-British or anti-Irish makes no practical sense.” Mr Gorman told attendees at the event that the Belfast Agreement was critically enabled by both Ireland and the UK being members of the EU. He said that opinion polls consistently indicate that we are a “pro-EU country”.
Mr Gorman said that the Brexit debate reflected Britain’s discontent about its changing status and circumstances.
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