Sir, – I was intrigued to read that the Cabinet is set to approve plans for the new Irish passport redesign and a theme based on Ireland’s natural environment (“Irish passport redesign based on natural environment and extra security set to be approved by Cabinet”, News, June 27th).
Six years ago, I wrote to the Department of Foreign Affairs after I noticed a curious depiction of wildlife on my daughter’s then-new passport.
In a rural mountain scene like that in the west of Ireland, a largemouth bass familiar to the north American continent can be seen rising to the angler’s fly, rather than our own native brown trout or seatrout.
I never did receive a reply.
An Irish businessman in Singapore: ‘You’ll get a year in jail if you are in a drunken brawl, so people don’t step out of line’
Protestants in Ireland: ‘We’ve gone after the young generations. We’ve listened and changed how we do things’
Is this the final chapter for Books at One as Dublin and Cork shops close?
In Dallas, X marks the mundane spot that became an inflection point of US history
Perhaps it’s a case now of the patient angler landing the fish? – Yours, etc,
JAMES KELLEHER,
Drumcondra,
Dublin 9.