Sir, - Fr O'Hanlon's over the top letter has so successfully distracted attention from the real issue that one could be forgiven for thinking that this was its purpose. The question is about protocol, when one head of state visits another head of state should the appropriate dress be that traditionally accepted by the visited rather than the visiting establishment?
May we take it that when the Apostolic Nuncio leads in the diplomatic corps for next New Year's greetings, there will be no criticism if he is attired in jeans and Guinness sweater which, after all, is the type of standard garb for a majority of that increasingly over looked species - Fir na hEireann. - Yours, etc.,
South Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin.