Sir, - Martin Madden (March 25th) questions whether the old Latin phrase De mortuis nil nisi bonum ("of the dead say nothing but good") is now not honoured in D'Olier Street. May I suggest that the less fraudulent and far more pertinent De mortuis nil nisi veri- tas ("of the dead say nothing but the truth") is recognised by The Irish Times. - Yours, etc., Conor O'Kelly,
Cross Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin.