Sir, – In "Bertie Ahern and the long and winding road to rehabilitation" (December 5th), it is stated that Mr Ahern's "political pension has been reduced in line with other former ministers and TDs and is now about €88,000 per annum".
This does not include his TD’s pension, which raises Mr Ahern’s annual pension to €134,000 per annum. This figure is set to rise by €2,000 annually over the next three years. – Yours, etc,
PADDY McCARTAN,
Ringsend, Dublin 4.