I have the following correspondence from the late Brian Friel through my association with the Glenties Drama Group:

It is now 5O years since I started working for the Irish Sugar factory in Mallow. My first day working there was October 8, 1965. I was trained into the quality control section. Some of my colleagues were Tadgh Quill BSC who was chief chemist and John Buckley RIP was the quality supervisor and also the chairman of Mallow Urban District Council.

Suzanne Harrington (Irish Examiner, Artslife, October 12) says that Europe can absorb “every last refugee”.

Setting aside my recent sentiments regarding the overuse of technology in social situations, a review of a forthcoming book titled The Future of the Professions aroused my interest. 

“All the evidence suggests that when this matter first arose the main focus was not the safety of residents, but the imperative to keep things under wraps because of the scandal “.