Sir, – “The Cassandras who,two years ago,were loudly proclaiming the inevitability of an Irish sovereign default and an exit from the euro have thankfully been proved wrong, at least for the present. . .” (Stephen Collins, Opinion, December 15th).
I don’t wish to sound like a latter-day Jeremiah, but Cassandra’s prophecies always came true; however, nobody would ever take a blind bit of notice of what she predicted – until it was too late! – Yours, etc,