Madam, - Bertie Ahern's view of the property market is that "there's not a great problem" (The Irish Times, April 8th). No surprise there. This Government has unashamedly sucked buyers dry by claiming the most punitive stamp duty costs in Europe throughout the house price explosion of the past decade and treated cash-strapped people like a gravy-train. - Yours, etc,
SUSAN McKEEVER, Hyde Park Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin.