Sir, - In view of the plethora of pathetic and puerile examples of modern Irish humour in recent issues of your newspaper, can we now take it that ridicule has replaced patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel? -Yours, etc., P. L. McLachlann, F.S., IT Reader (Retd),
Ascal Cois Locha,
Caislean an Bharraigh.