JOHN BANIM,
Sir, - Managing change is widely regarded as being one of the most difficult tasks a manager can attempt and Mr Philip Hamill and his team at the Euro Changeover Board of Ireland deserve our congratulations on a job well done.
It seems a pity that a team with such excellent leadership, management and educational skills now faces disbandment when there is still so much to do in terms of Europeanisation. For instance, when will the roadside speed limits signs be changed to kilometres? How long are we expected to have to put up with the dual standard of distances in kilometres and speed limits in m.p.h?
Dare we even think of changing to driving on the right, like the rest of Europe and North America? After the euro, everything is possible. - Yours, etc.,
JOHN BANIM,
Taney Road,
Dublin 14.
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Sir, - The following euro conversion factor may be of assistance to some of your elderly readers: 1 euro = 15s9d in the old money. What is remarkable is that this is accurate to within one hundredth of a euro cent. - Yours. etc.,
EUGENE GATH,
Department of Mathematics
and Statistics,
University of Limerick.