Sir, – If privileged politicians and senior civil servants are so convinced that hardware stores are non-essential (News, April 9th), may I suggest they let their attic tanks overflow for the want of a new ballcock or allow their toilets bung up for the want of a plunger. Or even try doing without electricity for the want of a fuse. We are not all idiots, despite what some posturing politicians and patronising media “celebrities” might think. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL ANDERSON,
Balgriffin,
Dublin 13.