Kerry mayor's hardest word

Madam, - Your edition of March 6th quotes the Mayor of Kerry, Toiréasa Ferris, as telling TV3 that she condemned the Dublin riots…

Madam, - Your edition of March 6th quotes the Mayor of Kerry, Toiréasa Ferris, as telling TV3 that she condemned the Dublin riots, but not the killers of Det Garda Jerry McCabe. ("I have a difficulty using the word 'condemn' with any IRA activity over the last 30 years and I think I've explained my position on that . . .")

Go on, Toiréasa, try again! We're all ears. - Yours, etc,

JIM DUNNE, Margaret Place, Dublin 4.