Sir, - Is it a product of our basic begrudgery that positives about people have sometimes to be endorsed by negatives about other people ? Kevin Myers's eulogy to a fine Irishman and singer, Frank Patterson (An Irishman's Diary, June 15th) includes the following :`His niceness wasn't of the toe-curling glutinousness of Daniel O'Donnell."
I'm sure Frank Patterson would have hated the idea of a gratuitous insult to another artist being included in a tribute to him. Daniel O'Donnell belongs to different musical genre. In my opinion he has a fine singing voice and he is a nice man. - Yours, etc.,
Gerry Corr, Gortatray, Ard Easmuinn, Dundalk.