National Irish Bank Scandal

Sir, - The Government was unequivocal in its condemnation of the unauthorised taking of clients' money by National Irish Bank.

I find that condemnation somewhat sanctimonious. On the very day of the NIB revelations, the Government, by granting itself an 18 per cent pay increase, took money from its clients - the taxpayers - without their permission.

What is sauce for the goose is apparently, in this instance, not sauce for the gander.-Yours, etc., Hubert J. Duffy,

College Row,

Letterkenny,

Co Donegal.