Mrs Murphy’s bed – and other weighty matters

Sir, – As usual Olivia O'Leary hits a whole bag of nails on their heads (Opinion, February 14th). When will we stop paying our TDs €500 a day to go to funerals; when can we get voters to cop on that if they are entitled to help they should go to the relevant State agency.

Is it any wonder that the predicament we are in is partly caused by crocodile-teared TDs driving the highways and byways of their constituencies instead of doing what they are meant to do, managing the country – not checking whether Mrs Murphy has a bed or not. – Yours, etc,

JOHN ROGERS,

Rathowen,

Co Westmeath.