Sir, – Sport is to get its dose of austerity – with the Minister of State for Health extending its tentacles to snatch alcohol sponsorship from sport (Home News, May 17th). That should nicely rid the economy of another batch of jobs both direct and indirect. But why?
What report definitively links watching a Heineken Cup match to the population getting wasted and taking to the streets in search of violence and vomit? – Yours, etc,