Sir, - I am a retired teacher and since January 1st, 1990, I have received an average annual increase in pension of £44. So much for the "has-beens" who are now on the scrap-heap. The Celtic Tiger has passed us by. Thank you, Mother Ireland. But "is fearr an tslainte na na tainte". Moladh le Dia. - Yours, etc.,
Thomas F. Simpson, Leopardstown Grove, Blackrock, Co Dublin.