Fair, firm and hard?

Sir, – “Ireland needs to be ‘fair, firm and hard’ on migration, says Varadkar” (News, February 9th).

Fair, firm and hard? I think fair, firm and fast would make more sense as firm and hard are synonyms, but it’s not a hard-and-fast rule. – Yours, etc,

JAMES STAPLETON

Balbriggan,

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