Rules and guidelines

Sir, – The revised Covid outdoor guidelines issued (“New Covid-19 outdoor guidelines permit gatherings of 200, live music in hospitality settings”, News, August 6th) are remarkable for one thing only: the speed at which this Government can move when a smokescreen is required to spare the blushes of one of its own. – Yours, etc,

JIM O’SULLIVAN,

Rathedmond,

Sligo.

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Sir, –The guidelines are dead. Long live the guidelines. – Yours, etc,

PAT MURPHY,

Greystones,

Co Wicklow.