Sir, - How do decision-makers do it? Is there an additive in their morning coffee that prevents them from making good decisions? What other excuse is there for RTE's decision to axe Cursai Ealaine?
In recent years Cursai Ealaine has been the cause of consistent positive feedback from visual artists throughout the country, among others. Do we now revert to the ridiculous situation where the only current affairs coverage of visual arts on our public service broadcasting system takes place on that non-visual medium, the radio, i.e. on the Arts Show? This was the pathetic situation throughout the early and mid-1990s. Who says we are making progress? - Yours, etc., Stella Coffey,
Executive Director, Artists Association of Ireland, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.