Smiling faces

Sir, - As a Belgian citizen, may I commend the excellent coverage on The Irish Times on the Web offers of the various financial…

Sir, - As a Belgian citizen, may I commend the excellent coverage on The Irish Times on the Web offers of the various financial tribunals in Ireland?

One thing puzzles us foreigners, however. Nearly every picture that we see in The Irish Times of witnesses being called to a tribunal shows a person with a happy, smiling face, as if they were going to a party.

Is this really the case? If so, how does one obtain an invitation? - Yours, etc.,

Guy Bague, Chemin des Trois Maisons, Brussels, Belgium.