Sir, - My goodness! A four-column appreciation of someone I had never heard of (The Irish Times, March 5th). Who could he be? Reading on, I discovered why I had never heard of him. Please, dear Editor, let us have more obituaries like this one. It told a most uplifting story of a life peppered with suffering and hardship. Thanks to the St Francis Hospice in Raheny, it ended in serenity and reconciliation. May Patrick Sweeney now rest in peace. - Yours, etc.,
Gay Brocklesby, Beechwood Lawn, Dun Laghaoire, Co Dublin.