Madam, - I write to thank Aengus O'Snodaigh for the rich and refreshing belly laugh I enjoyed while reading his hilarious letter of April 25th.
There are legitimate reasons to question the proposed EU Constitution. However, when Mr Ó Snodaigh and his colleagues begin to lecture others on undemocratic behaviour I burst out with howls of appreciative laughter. It is clear that they have followed the wrong vocations in life.
In his letter Mr Ó Snodaigh displays that he is surely a born comedian. RTÉ has been short of a good comedian and satirist since ending its relationship with the late Dermot Morgan. My advice for Aengus is to give up the day job, and write comedy for RTÉ. With his deep love of Ireland, he'll probably stick it out rather than following his comedic colleagues to the big leagues in the UK. His erstwhile political colleagues could do us all a big favour and join him in this new departure.
At the very least it would provide a fine relief from RTÉ's usual fare of unfunny comedy. With Sinn Féin's multiple talents, they could ensure that their less amusing episodes could be forensically cleaned or wiped out, never to be spoken of or mentioned again. - Yours, etc,
CORMAC MacGOWAN,
Delgany,
Co Wicklow.