A chara, - I write to publicly acknowledge my appreciation of those who organised the recent Dublin Blues Festival. What a marvellous weekend of music, camaraderie and enlightenment! In over 30 venues the best of blues was to be enjoyed and our local performers, such as Dermot Byrne and Mary Stokes, held their own brilliantly alongside the headline foreign musicians.
To all who organised, played and contributed in any way to a wonderful weekend, "Comhghairdeas, d'eirigh go hiontach libh". - Is mise, Richie Cotter,
Applewood Heights, Greystones, Co Wicklow.