Few will disagree with apology, but desertion was serious offence
Since he first announced his plan for an amnesty for Irish soldiers who deserted the Irish Army to fight with the British army against Nazi Germany during World War Two, Minister for Justice and Defence Alan Shatter has chosen to present his actions as part of a process of righting a historic wrong.
Last year, he chose to present Irish neutrality from 1939-45 as "a principle of moral bankruptcy" in the context of the Holocaust; a shameful opting out of the defining moral issue of that era.
