Madam, - Talk ourselves into an economic recession? I don't think we're capable of it. Despite trying to convince each other that the lovely weather in April was a sign of things to come, we have singularly failed to talk ourselves into a hot summer. - Yours, etc,
CATHERINE O'SULLIVAN, Hawthorn Manor, Blackrock, Co Dublin.
Madam, - Recently I visited the Maya temples of the rain gods in Mexico and laughed at the superstition of those ancient people. Given our "summer" weather since, I would like to apologise sincerely to those rain gods for my disrespect, and indeed to the people of Ireland. - Yours, etc,
TONY MORIARTY, Shanid Road, Kenilworth Park, Dublin 6.