Madam, – There’s a silver lining to Vincent Breheny’s bunch of dispiriting “collectives” reflecting Irish public life (March 1st): the glorious contribution of a growing number of so-called elderly figures. As highlighted by The Irish Times and a recent Sunday newspaper, I instance Tomás Mac Anna, Garret FitzGerald, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Veronica Dunne, Neillí Mulcahy, Éamon de Buitléar, et al.
An oracle of octogenarians? – Yours, etc,