Sir, - In your edition of December 30th I saw a list of 94 public companies, and in the column marked Chairman/Chief Executive I counted 172 names. All seemed to be men. However, I did notice five Pats: Pat O'Neill, Pat McKenna, Pat McDonagh, Pat Mahoney and Pat Nevin. Perhaps there is a Patricia there somewhere? - Yours, etc., Mary McMullan,
Rathgar Road, Dublin 6.