Sir, - I am one of those who were encouraged to dip their toes in the boiling water of shareholding for the first time by purchasing a few Eircom shares. The directors, most of whom draw director salary from other companies, certainly do not need more inflated earnings from a company whose share value has dropped so considerably. If anything, they ought to get less than what they are getting now and I appeal to those who will attend the shareholders' meeting to vote "no" to their proposals. - Yours, etc.,
Rose Tuelo Brock, Rockfield Park, Galway.