Cabinet scorecards

Sir, – Your edition of August 11th marked the members of the present Government for their first 100 days with mixed, mostly negative, results.

The governments elected during the boom-time era, which ended bankrupting the country, lasted something near 4,000 days.

The members of those governments got a mainly positive media coverage over those 4,000 days.

As a matter of fact, in contrast to the present Government, the members of the boom-time governments who are still in the Oireachtas are getting continuous positive coverage. – Yours, etc,

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A LEAVY,

Sutton, Dublin 13.

Sir, – At last a transport, tourism and sport initiative from Shane Ross – flying down to Rio! – Yours, etc,

OLIVER McGRANE,

Rathfarnham,

Dublin 16.