Madam, – What a silly reaction from Paul Gallagher of the Irish Hotels’ Federation when he says it is a “silly bugger story” to suggest that increasing room prices from €69 to €220 for Saturday night does not constitute a rip-off (Breaking News, June 15th). Take That, indeed! Has he learned nothing from the last few years? “This is about market force yield; it is not about a rip-off”, says the intrepid Mr Gallagher. What a load of rubbish! As he and his fellow travellers in the construction and banking sectors should know only too well by now, the wages of spin is debt. – Yours, etc,