ROBERT MORROW,
Sir, - One of the great sporting events, the Tour de France, has begun. Yet, as the European nations meld together, I find that Easons no longer brings in the famous French sports daily L'Équipe. Neither is the leading Italian sports paper on sale in Ireland. Looking around in frustrated interest, I could not find the leading French newspaper, Le Figaro and not a single Spanish newspaper.
Maybe Ireland is drifting westward into the Atlantic, as there is a mound of Wall Street Journals available at "all leading newsagents" as they say.
Are those who run Alliance Francaise asleep? Would not L'Équipe be the best way to interest your readers of French? - Yours, etc.,
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ROBERT MORROW, Malahide, Co.Dublin