Madam, - What is more worrying than Brian Cowen's increasingly bullying behaviour during exchanges in the Dáil, culminating in his use on Wednesday of unparliamentary language, is that it indicates his inability to cope under pressure.
While doing a poor imitation of The Apprentice, and apparently living up to the infamous acronym that attaches to him, isn't it great that he can speak to the Tánaiste as if she were "one of the lads"? - Yours, etc,
EITHNE MAC FADDEN,
Carrigart,
Co Donegal.
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Madam, - Would a swear box in Dáil Éireann help the worsening national finances? - Yours, etc,
DES DORIS,
Oliver Plunket Avenue,
Monkstown,
Co Dublin.
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Madam, - Wednesday's threats in the Dáil suggest that the Taoiseach is living up to his nickname. Or should that be down? - Yours, etc,
PETER MOLLOY,
Glenageary,
Co Dublin.
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Madam, - With the change in our political administration and attendant vernacular, perhaps the expression "pardon my French" should now be replaced with "pardon my Offaly". - Yours, etc,
DAVID O'CONNOR,
Parkgate Place,
Dublin 8.