Sir, - It would mark progress if Mr McDaid had declined to meet Michelle de Bruin at Dublin Airport because he was ashamed at the treatment given by governments of all hues to Irish athletes. If the matter of a 50-metre swimming pool is mentioned in the coming days, everybody in this country should scream. We will never see it, any more than we will enjoy Luas. - Yours, etc.,
Kincora Grove, Dublin 3.