Madam, – In deference to Willie Dillon (April 9th) who decries the use of the term Holy Week in a weather forecast, could I ask that all your writers referring to the cancellation of the Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients in future use the term “mid-winter solstice” bonus?
We can then relax knowing that this most mean-spirited cut of the Budget is only causing real hardship to the most vulnerable in our society, not causing offence to those who object to the use of a Christian term to refer to that period of December. – Yours, etc,