Sir, - First there was foot-and-mouth disease. Then there was the massacre in the US. Now there is all-Ireland tourism - but no arms decommissioning and no progress in the peace process.
The IRA is in a position to do the island of Ireland a huge favour by initiating and continuing to decommission so that we can tell tourists that the war is over and terrorists are putting arms beyond use. Without rapid progress in the peace process, tourism in Ireland will be ruined.
While the Island is not at peace, the all-Ireland tourism body cannot even promote the Republic as part of the new euro zone with real effect. - Yours, etc.,
Fergus M. Jordan, Managing Director, Hugh Jordan & Co, Catering Supplies Centre, Dublin 2.