Peter Sutherland was blue-blood Fine Gael. In January 2018, after a period of illness, he died far too young. He was 71. In politics and in business, Sutherland really was a major international player. But in the last phase of a life characterised by influence and achievement among pillars of the establishment, he became a radical.  Not Biden, certainly not Trump. Probably to the left of Bernie Sanders. His behaviour and his comments during those final years may have confused his circle of political and business acquaintances. In September 2015, for instance, he pointed out that “migrants in general, and…

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