Madam, – I was pleased to read of Culture Ireland’s “Year-long, €5 million, arts-driven charm offensive on the US” (LifeCulture, June 3rd).
It is a shame for those emigrating to London that the home of Irish culture here might well be lost within nine months. Hammersmith’s Irish Cultural Centre does yeoman service promoting our heritage and arts in a city with a long and continuing connection with Ireland. With the lastest exodus of young Irish arriving in London in the recent downturn, surely the Minister for Arts and his advisers should consider the implications of the loss of an excellent and timely asset? – Yours, etc,