Sir, - When entertainment is dispensed out of public funds the only proper host is the person who holds the relevant public office and as such is entitled to spend our money. The inclusion of any other person as a formal co-host with the officeholder, be it spouse, parent, sibling, child, concubine, lover or platonic friend of either sexual persuasion, is, in varying degrees, inappropriate. - Yours, etc.,
Charles Lysaght, Strand Road, Dublin 4.