Madam, - Should Brian Cowen's political sparring partners feel a tad apprehensive? Thursday's front-page photograph of the Taoiseach (posing with Olympic medallists Darren Sutherland and Ken Egan) shows him raising his bare fists in a mischievous, pugilistic fashion.
Is this his subtle way of telling the Opposition that the gloves are off?
- Yours, etc,
PAUL DELANEY, Dalkey, Co Dublin.