Sir, – As someone who on occasion agrees with Fintan O’Toole and on other occasions uses four-letter Anglo-Saxon in reaction to some of the stuff he writes, may I congratulate him on his excellent contribution to Irish journalism (Opinion, November 19th).
One of the things I disagree with him is when he says that journalism is “old fashioned” or “an anachronistic trade”. It will never be replaced by “social media” which is mostly just one step removed from the brain dead on the one hand and the lynch mob on the other. – Yours, etc,
ANTHONY LEAVY,
Shielmartin Drive,
Sutton, Dublin 13.
Sir, – I put your supplement of “25 years of Irish life through the columns of Fintan O’Toole” (November 20th) to good cheerful use, this cold and wintry morning. I made paper sticks to light the fire. – Yours, etc,
KEITH NOLAN,
Caldragh,
Carrick-on-Shannon,
Co Leitrim.