Sir, - I listened with interest to Mr Gordon Brown, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing his intention to provide people over 75 with free TV licences.
Our own old-age pensioners have enjoyed this little privilege since 1968, when Charles Haughey, as Minister for Finance, added this benefit to the free travel and free electricity allowances already introduced in 1967.
Please let us give credit where credit is due. - Yours, etc.,
Frank Bannon, Ardbeg Road, Artane, Dublin 5.