Fianna Fail in Bodenstown

Sir, - Given the astounding memory lapses of Fianna Fail Taoisigh, the extraordinary absent-mindedness of Fianna Fail Ministers…

Sir, - Given the astounding memory lapses of Fianna Fail Taoisigh, the extraordinary absent-mindedness of Fianna Fail Ministers and the zombie-like somnambulism of Fianna Fail backbenchers and senators, one wonders how in God's name they all found their way into Bodenstown cemetery unaided.

One also wonders if they noticed a figure in 18th-century clothing performing somersaults among the gravestones while "the most cunning and the most devious" of them all was speaking. - Yours, etc.,

Eddie Naughton, Weaver Street, The Coombe, Dublin 8.