KEN MURRAY,
Madam, - On a recent Aer Lingus flight from New York to Dublin I was somewhat shocked when the so-called "meal" was served.
On close examination of the neatly packaged cartons of food I discovered to my nationalistic horror that Aer Lingus buys its on-flight milk from Minnesota, cheese from Vermont and biscuits from Illinois.
Worst of all was the fact that Aer Lingus buys its on-flight water from Connecticut! This is from a State-owned airline whose country of origin has no shortage of rainfall!
This is the same Aer Lingus that has been propped up by the hard-pressed Irish taxpayer in recent years!
I am sure this will come as great news to An Bord Bia and the various hard working people in the Irish agri-food sector who do their bit to promote home-grown produce.
The next time an Irish agri-food company closes down from lack of business, let's all think of Aer Lingus, the company that wants our money to stay in business but doesn't want our product!
So much for the Bord Bia slogan, "Ireland - the food island"! - Yours, etc.,
KEN MURRAY, Whitecross, Co Meath.