Sir, - I was disappointed by the type of people chosen by the new President represent the "real people" of Ireland at her inauguration. She didn't have:
a self-employed tax evader
a drugs baron
a beef baron
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a beef tribunal barrister
a dole cheat
a whinging farmer's representative
a corrupt planning official
a corrupt public representative (a retired one would do)
an incompetent civil servant
who cannot be dismissed
a disgraced bishop
a speeding yobbo
myself, an unrepentant cynic. - Yours,etc.,
From Frank Neenan
Tullow Road, Carlow.