Madam, - When reading your report of comments made by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Brussels about the economic downturn, I suddenly realised to my astonishment that I could understand practically every word he said ( The Irish Times, March 15th). Many sentences even had the correct syntax.
It dawned on me that if An Taoiseach is speaking plainly, we must be in for a very bumpy ride! - Yours, etc,
W.R. MARTIN, Dean's Court, Blackrock, Co Dublin.