Sir, - Reading Michael Dervan's Front Row column, I was reminded of the story of the goose that laid the golden egg. Many of the tourists who spend millions here say our music is one of the main attractions. I read elsewhere in your paper that our music industry is a major force in the economy.
Why, then, is it apparently the poor relation when our Arts Council gives out the goodies? What perversity drives them to starve the goose that lays the golden egg? - Is mise,
From Seamus Phelan
South Circular Road, Dublin 8.