Sir, - We should be honoured to have someone of the calibre of Mary O'Rourke serve in our Government. Who else could have thought up such a fiendishly clever plan to bolster the Government's coffers and help the plight of Irish businessmen by enticing thousands of innocent and gullible people to hand over their hard-earned cash? Buy shares in Telecom ╔ireann, she told us, you can't lose.
Today I received my final dividend - a cheque (in Irish punts, I may add, apparently the euro does not appear to be too popular yet) for £24.30. Mind you the tax deducted was £6.08 - what a swinging time the Revenue Commissioners are going to have with that! I wonder would the Minister consider giving me some tax back on the loss I made? - Your, etc.,
Fergal MacAlister, Artane, Dublin 5.