The race for the Áras

Sir, – The increasing dilemma facing many of the electorate who do not wish any of the candidates to be president, but who may…

Sir, – The increasing dilemma facing many of the electorate who do not wish any of the candidates to be president, but who may vote anyway just to keep certain candidates out, reminds me of a somewhat unrefined but pithy Northern saying: “Which would you rather and whether would you be, with your legs to your oxters or your belly to your knee?” – Yours, etc,

ROSEMARY GRAHAM,

Muldowney Court,

Malahide, Co Dublin.

Sir, – Have we not suffered enough? We see before us the prospect of four more weeks of goodness, vision, hope, leadership, bridges, inclusiveness, peace, love, motherhood and apple pie.

Could we not just give each one of them a year?

Each of the coming years will no doubt feel like seven years. – Yours, etc,

MICHAEL MURRAY,

Mountpleasant Parade,

Ranelagh,

Dublin 6.