Madam, - Minister of State Noel Treacy's excuse for making unsubstantiated claims about leaks from the Mahon tribunal was that the radio interview in which he had made his remarks took place early in the morning (The Irish Times, October 12th). It would seem that Mr Ahern is more an Oireachtas Report than a morning news man. The Val Joyce of Irish politics? - Yours, etc,
OLIVER McGRANE, Marley Avenue, Dublin 16.