Sir, – Thank you for the fine and well deserved obituary of Prof Peter Mair on August 20th. The edited version of his address at last month’s MacGill Summer School (Opinion, August 20th) was a masterpiece on the political situation in Ireland and should be a wake-up call to all politicians and voters in Ireland but will it be?
This is Ireland and therefore, “pie in the sky” comes to mind. – Yours, etc,