President Catherine Connolly's recent statement on the crisis in the Middle East s being viewed as many as a pointed intervention in the early months of her seven-year Presidency. Is this a sign of things to come? On Sunday last, as the US and Israel's conflict with Iran entered its second week, President Catherine Connolly issued what can be interpreted as a direct intervention on the crisis in the Middle East. Against a backdrop of Government leaders refrain... [7455 chars]