Sir, - I have a request to make to the incoming President. Please dispense with the 21-gun salute to inaugurate your Presidency.
You have repeatedly stressed the importance of peace and reconciliation in your campaign to become President. Gunfire, be it symbolic or otherwise, is a symbol of violence and war, not peace and reconciliation. - Yours, etc., Aidan A. Larkin,
North Circular Road,
Limerick.