Bailout and payback

Madam, – I have no frame of reference for the amount we will have to pay back

Madam, – I have no frame of reference for the amount we will have to pay back. Is it perhaps comparable to free cheese for the entire population of Ireland for the next 100 years? – Yours, etc,

UNA GILDEA,

South Circular Road,

Dublin 8.

Madam, – I cannot understand the apocalyptic fuss about losing national sovereignty except as the blind masochism of those concerned.

Most of the laws that our parliament enacts come from Brussels. We accepted billions from Brussels for our farmers and our infrastructure. What difference if we now accept billions for our banks? As for the false suggestion that an IMF takeover is ongoing, this is a despicable attempt to scare the natives which is damaging us in the eyes of gullible foreigners. – Yours, etc,

Dr DESMOND FENNELL,

Sydney Parade Avenue,

Dublin 4.