Sir, – I wonder if Michael Noonan is being deliberately ironic in calling our taking “full command of the economy” a “red letter day”? Then again, perhaps he’s just wearing rose-coloured glasses. – Yours, etc,
COLIN WALSH,
Templeville Road,
Templeogue, Dublin 6W.
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Sir, – In welcoming Ireland’s escape from the clutches of the troika on December 15th, Conor Brady (Opinion, November 2nd) contrasts the “discipline and common purpose” that has made this possible with the policies of Éamon de Valera that “devastated an already fragile economy, drove hundreds of thousands to emigration and condemned Ireland to penury for 30 years”.
Where’s the difference? – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
Cnoc an Stollaire,
Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal.