Sir, – I was almost reaching for my calendar to check for the beginning of April when I read of the rebranding of the “University of Dublin, Trinity College” to “Trinity College, the University of Dublin”. While this is not the first name change for my august alma mater it is most certainly Pythonesque, bringing to mind the People’s Front of Judea versus the Judean People’s Front! Yours, etc,
THEO RYAN,
Sitric Place,
Stoneybatter,
Dublin 7
Sir, – Students, taxpayers, society, the economy ... would all be better served if the authorities in Ireland’s education establishments focused more of their attention on achieving high academic standards and less on the names of the institutions. Yours, etc,
ERIC O’BRIEN,
(former lecturer at
CRTC/CIT/“MTU”),
The Avenue,
Douglas,
Cork