Madam, – After watching the Eurovision Song Contest, I would question how European the contest is.
Azerbaijan won, but one has to question its claim to be in Europe. Looking at the map, the country is situated on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Does it reduce the notion of the Eurovision to sheer nonsense in terms of geographical location? – Yours, etc,
Madam, – While watching the Eurovision on both RTÉ and BBC on Saturday night I was disgusted to see that the cost of voting from England was 15p sterling while from Ireland the cost in euro was 60c. At the current exchange rate this works out 3.5 times more expensive from Ireland.
This is yet another example of rip-off Ireland and this time the rip-off is performed by an agency of the State. Whoever is responsible for this abuse of Irish consumers should be investigated. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – It is said that there are only three things we know for certain about the Holy Roman Empire: 1. It wasn’t holy. 2. It wasn’t Roman; and 3. It wasn’t an Empire. It seems that there are also only three certainties about the Eurovision Song Contest: 1. It isn’t European. 2. It isn’t about the song; and 3. It’s not even a contest! – Yours, etc,
Madam, – They certainly gave it their best shot, and we should be justifiably proud. But could I respectfully suggest that the Brothers Grimes now consider their alternative career as animated paint brushes? – Yours, etc,