Dispatch from an Australian who’s feeling increasingly at home in Ireland

Sir, – As an Australian who has been resident in Ireland some four years now, this has been the most Australian summer yet: drought, heat, bushfires, jellyfish, sharks and now floods.

Really, you don’t need to work this hard to make me feel at home. – Yours, etc,

Ben Aveling,

Ranelagh,

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