Madam, - I have no reason to believe that in a week's time I (and presumably many like me) will have any recollection of the poll findings published in yesterday's edition.
While the findings may serve some useful purpose as a handy reference point for historians and political correspondents at some future date, is it not a bit bizarre that the most obvious question does not seem to have been asked at all? That is: "Which of the party leaders would you choose to lead the country for the next three years? "
Could it be that the probable answer could not be risked as it would not have fitted in with the all-prevailing anti-Ahern sentiment as expressed day in and day out in the printed and broadcast media generally - not least, Madam, in your own newspaper. - Yours, etc,
JOE SINGLETON, Summerhill Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
A chara, - The scepticism about the veracity of the Taoiseach, as manifest in your latest opinion poll, plus the persistent attributions of mendacity to him are surely misinformed. Mr Ahern - like his buddy and idol from the United States, Bill Clinton - has in fact a profound reverence for the truth: he uses it only in emergencies. - Is mise,
LIAM BYRNE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.