Sir, – The “sniping” by Miriam Lord (Miriam Lord’s Week, June 23rd) on the Volvo Ocean Race and Global Village was unfair, unwarranted and misunderstood.
Let’s Do It Global, the organisers, are a community not-for-profit group. The event, with a focus on innovation, food, green and marine, is about jobs, enterprise and tourism.
“Sniping” at a critical time like this damages the work of a small core of professionals and almost 2,000 volunteers making it happen in the heart of Galway.
Much of the hospitality is for international corporate visitors who bring business. Our ambition is, once again, to deliver a massive return on investment for our North Atlantic island residents and Diaspora – where the ocean meets adventure, sport, culture and business.
With the damage done, my only response at this point to Miriam “Sniper” Lord is to come to Galway and share the vibrance, the energy, the fun and adventure of the event 2012 – June 30th to July 8th and Let’s Do It! – Yours, etc,