A touch of austerity at the G8

Sir, – Can anyone give me a good reason why the two-day G8 Roadshow, planned for Fermanagh next June, could not become a video conference at a tiny fraction of the obscene cost that has been estimated for the event?

What would the many poverty-stricken and unemployed people of this island say to even a tiny share of the £30 million bill for security for example? – Yours, etc,

DES MacHALE,

Avonlea Court,

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Blackrock, Cork .