Sir, – Joe Murray (May 28th) states that JFK’s famous “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” might reflect the ethos of the new Haddington Road “agreement” for the Public Service in this country. I remain to be convinced.
Apart from the veracity of Samuel Johnson’s adage about patriotism, it’s worth bearing in mind that “the troika’s position reflects the view that the achievement of the €300 million target would send an important signal to bond investors as the Government plots its return to the private debt markets later this year” (Home News, May 23rd).
I don’t see much about the greater public good there. More a case of, as has been the motivating factor all along, the fulfilment of industrial levels of private greed. – Yours, etc,
JD MANGAN,
Stillorgan Road,
Stillorgan, Co Dublin.