'Public interest' bank directors

Sir, – The revelation that public interest directors have no brief from the Minister for Finance, minimal contact with him and…

Sir, – The revelation that public interest directors have no brief from the Minister for Finance, minimal contact with him and no formal reporting to him is instructive (Front page, December 21st).

What is their function and how do they establish what is the public interest? Do they, like Éamon de Valera, look into their hearts to discover it? – Yours, etc,

TIM McCORMICK,

Ontario Terrace, Dublin 6.