Proud days for Clara and Cowen

Madam, - It is reported that the town of Clara, Co Offaly, has never looked so well as now, as it prepares for the homecoming…

Madam, - It is reported that the town of Clara, Co Offaly, has never looked so well as now, as it prepares for the homecoming of its favourtie son on Saturday coming.

I wish its people well. May we hope that a little bit of the radiance that has overcome Clara will be brought into all our lives and that we will soon hear no more of Mahon, Flood, Mc Cracken, etc?

Good luck, Taoiseach. - Yours, etc,

PAUL DORAN, Monastery Walk, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.