Sir, – It is deeply disappointing that our head of State would refuse an invitation to attend a church service with the Queen by stating he is “not in a position to attend the ceremony” without clarifying why this is.
If the famously voluble President Michael D Higgins does not want to attend then he should simply say so. Treating the office in this fashion is completely unacceptable.
– Yours, etc,
KARL DOYLE,
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Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.