Sir, – As an exiled Scot, I greatly enjoy reading The Irish Times, not least for its clear-eyed coverage of events affecting my homeland. However, describing Glasgow as Scotland’s “second city”, as you did on Wednesday’s front page, is fighting talk. – Yours, etc,
LIAM McILVANNEY,
Co-Director,
Centre for Irish
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and Scottish Studies,
University
of Otago,
Dunedin,
New Zealand.