A chara, - Paul Kinsella (August 25th) argues that the Irish Locomotive Drivers' Association (ILDA) no longer exists as it has merged into the ATGWU and requests "that in future you will refrain from using the name of a defunct organisation".
Could I also request that you cease to use the phrase "Irish rail service", as it is clear that it too is now obsolete? I think its demise has hastened by the "defunct" ILDA. - Is mise,
Malcolm Byrne, Ramsfort Avenue, Gorey, Co Wexford.