Sir, - I am appalled that our Government sees fit to fritter so much money away giving each household a candle when some of our citizens do not have a roof over their heads or the bare necessities of life. When will they ever get their priorities right? That money, given to charities such as Simon or Vincent de Paul, would have made such a difference to many people who have so little and would have been a more fitting way to celebrate the millennium. - Yours, etc.,
Mrs Dorothy Robinson, Crosthwaite Park West, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.