Sir, – Cometh the hour, cometh the woman
In a time when the Irish men’s soccer and rugby teams have given us little to smile about, take a bow, Rachael Blackmore, putting a big smile on an Irishman’s face on a cold and snowy Saturday in April in a small town outside Helsinki. Proud to be Irish. Thank you, Rachael! – Yours, etc,
DERMOT McLOUGHLIN,
Järvenpää, Finland.
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A chara, – We have been blessed with great sporting women from our noble island over the past few decades. Sonia O’Sullivan, Katie Taylor and now Rachael Blackmore, to name but a few. They have definitely done our country some service. – Is mise,
PAT BURKE WALSH,
Gorey, Co Wexford.