Trade secrets

A chara, – Michael McDowell writes, "The self-employed are another problem. Treating self-employed tradesmen as though they are wealthy professionals is wrong" ("Covid-19 crisis raises important points on the limits of the EU", Opinion & Analysis, April 1st).

How does he propose to discriminate between the two categories? How many roads must a tradesman walk down before you call him a professional? Is there a dress code?

Or what about impoverished professionals and wealthy tradesmen? – Is mise,

ALAN COAKLEY,

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Bandon,

Co Cork.