I have always used the example of Irish culture. Some 30 years ago there was a genuine fear that our culture and individuality would be lost or destroyed or that we would lose our neutrality and our sovereignty. Are we any less in those areas now than then? I suggest not. The bogus complaints about our sovereignty have proven groundless. There were genuine fears about our sovereignty in the cultural field. Who would have imagined 30 years ago that Irish dance would have been one of the most interesting and enthralling experiences worldwide or that the Irish pub or Irish music would have been such an issue?