Letter to the Editor: Contribution of Tom Johnson
The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Examiner,
Dear Editor,
Gerard Howlin ( Opinion 3oth March) rightly praises the early leaders of this State for cementing our Parliamentary Institutions. Yet, once again in the narrative of our country’s history, the name of the one person who, more than many, ensured that the new Dail Eireann operated as a properly functioning parliament was omitted. I refer to Tom Johnson, first leader of the Opposition in the Dail and first Parliamentary Leader of the Labour Party. I hope that, as we proceed in this Decade of Celebrations, the contribution of this great friend of Ireland is not forgotten …again.
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Dermot Lacey