Madam, - Richard Braun (March 16th) is correct in his outsider's observation of the suffering endured in this country as a result of the Great Famine. But I think he'll find, if he does a little more research, that it had more to do with politics than potato blight.
It is still the case today that millions are starving because of oppression, and there is no GM food resistant to that. - Yours, etc,
KEVIN DAVENPORT, Brookville, Ashbourne, Co Meath.