Sir, – Further to Brian Ahern (Letters, August 12th), who noted the playing of Four Country Roads by Big Tom at a cremation service, I respectfully suggest a different Big Tom track, You’re Going Out The Same Way You Came In. – Yours, etc,
PAT CLARKE,
Kilcoole,
Co Wicklow.
An Irish businessman in Singapore: ‘You’ll get a year in jail if you are in a drunken brawl, so people don’t step out of line’
Protestants in Ireland: ‘We’ve gone after the young generations. We’ve listened and changed how we do things’
Is this the final chapter for Books at One as Dublin and Cork shops close?
In Dallas, X marks the mundane spot that became an inflection point of US history
Sir, – I’m In Heaven. – Yours, etc,
KIERAN McHUGH,
Dublin 13.
Sir, – Peggy Lee’s rendition of Is That All There Is? – Yours, etc,
ZOË DEVLIN,
Dalkey,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – I think my choice of song would be Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman! – Yours, etc,
EILEEN BANNAN,
Letterkenny,
Co Donegal.
Sir, – Mine has to be The Parting Glass. It is very moving, and succeeds on so many levels.
I scribbled it down on the back of a fag packet for my family to read when I was rushed into hospital a few years back for emergency heart surgery, if the worst were to happen.
The operation was a great success. When I got safely home, my family told me that to save me having to “wait a decade or two, we’ve got you the DVD of Waking Ned!” Every time I watch it, with a bottle of stout in front of me, I think “It’s not my turn yet.” The experience is sublime and I recommend it. – Is mise,
PETER ROBINSON,
Preston,
Lancashire, UK
Sir, – Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. – Yours, etc,
KIERAN FAGAN,
Killiney,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – As to my swan song, I think Going Underground by The Jam would suit just fine! – Yours, etc,
BRÍD MILLER,
Roscommon.
Sir, – It’s The Laughing Policeman for me. – Yours, etc,
TOM McGRATH,
Wicklow.