Party think-in distractions

Madam, – What is the purpose of political party think-ins (September 9th and 10th)? Fine Gael has just indulged in one at the…

Madam, – What is the purpose of political party think-ins (September 9th and 10th)? Fine Gael has just indulged in one at the luxurious Faithlegg House Hotel Golf Club in Waterford. Surely contemplation, meditation and rumination cannot flourish with the ancillary distractions of golf, bar, singsongs and fine nosh? – Yours, etc,

PATRICK O’BYRNE,

Shandon Crescent,

Phibsborough, Dublin 7.