Migrants and revitalisation

Sir, – Noel Whelan's "Migrants revitalise the nations they make home" (Opinion & Analysis, December 18th) was as informative as it was uplifting. We should celebrate the formal adoption of our newest citizens with the same gusto afforded elsewhere. – Yours, etc,

JOHN MEAGHER,

Clontarf, Dublin 3.

Sir, – “Migrants revitalise and renew us”, says Noel Whelan.

“If only,” reply the Native Americans, the Aborigines, the Maori, the native peoples of South America, the Zulus, and so on. – Yours, etc,

EUGENE TANNAM,

Firhouse,

Dublin 24.