Madam, - Frank Cheatle (April 17th) is quite right: Roy Keane was sent home because he gave Mick McCarthy no option.
Jerome A. McCarthy (same date) is also right when he says that "with Keane in the team we have a chance of making the World Cup".
The trouble is, the same applied at Saipan. Had Keane not had to be sent home, Ireland had a good chance of success. Keane knew this. He should have stayed and played and given it his best, and, who knows, we might have had a great victory with his help. Instead, there was the foul-mouthed attack on the manager which left McCarthy with no choice but to send him home.
Remembering the disappointment of Saipan, I am disgusted to think he is now going to be brought back again. However, good a player he may be, there are others on the team who have blossomed since his departure. - Yours, etc.,
BRENDA O'HANRAHAN,
Park Lane,
Dublin 4.