Sir, - It's nice to see some things in Irish life don't change. The behaviour of residents' groups towards asylum-seekers is akin to the level of racism shown to pre-war Jewry in Europe. I am an Irish emigrant living and working happily in Australia. If I ever have children I hope they will never have to look to my homeland as a place of hope and refuge. - Yours, etc.,
Peter Mac Giollafhearga, Melbourne, Australia.