Sir, – I'm absolutely flabbergasted by your report by Gordon Deegan (Home News, September 25th) detailing the obscene amount of money paid to a few farmers to conserve a few birds. €11 million to 377 farmers for 144 birds means €29,177 per farmer, and wait for it, €76,388 per bird!
This at a time when medical cards are being withdrawn from sick children and cancer patients, along with all the other cutbacks in health, education, etc. What have we come to and who decides our priorities? – Yours, etc,
DON MULLINS,
Greeen Road,
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Carlow.