Madam, - Members of the Dáil voted last week in favour of a "mid-term break", only a month after resuming following the summer recess.
This new addition to the diary makes the resemblance between the Dáil calendar and that of our schools even more striking - seasonal holidays, lengthy summer holidays, and now the latest, the mid-term break!
What's next on the agenda? Half-days for TD-constituent meetings? Sports Day at Dáil Éireann, perhaps? While the voting public must wait until the next elections to award the final pass/fail verdicts on our TDs, maybe now is the time to insist on a lengthy period of detention for truancy and lack of motivation! - Yours, etc.,
Dr BERNADETTE BRADY,
Hillside Park,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 16.
Madam, - I have just realised why so many TDs come from the teaching profession: the holidays are so much better! - Yours, etc.,
UNA O'NEILL,
Embassy Lawn,
Clonskeagh,
Dublin 14.