Sir, – John Kane (Letters, September 26th) reminds us that President Michael D Higgins has successfully run for the office of president twice. However, this is after breaking his promise that if elected in the first place he would not seek a second term.
I’m disappointed in myself for being disappointed when a politician breaks his word. – Yours, etc,
JOHN LOMBARD,
Goatstown,
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Dublin 14.
Sir, – Jennifer Bray writes: “Mr Higgins normally keeps out of the headlines” (“The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diary”, Politics, September 27th).
This might be the view from New York. People over here would see things very differently. – Yours, etc,
KARL DOYLE,
Dún Laoghaire,
Co Dublin.