Madam, – It is deeply regrettable that the Supreme Court has ordered The Irish Timesto pay costs for the successful appeal in the case relating to the source of an article about financial payments to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Home News, November 27th). It is also regrettable and indeed almost incompreh-ensible that NUI Maynooth has appointed Mr Ahern as a visiting professor before the outcome of the Mahon tribunal is known (Front page, November 26th).
BERNADINE O’SULLIVAN,
Fortfield Road,
Terenure, Dublin 6W.