I KNOW very little about computers, but it seems to me only a small expert effort would be involved in devising a program using existing databases that would assign a five digit postal code to every street and townland in the country.

MY American history taught me that during various Irish immigrations there were signs saying “no Irish need apply”. Over the years, of course, these prejudices changed. My archbishop, Timothy Dolan, has just left Milwaukee to be installed as New York’s newest archbishop. John F Kennedy, of course, was elected to the highest position in my country. The sky is the limit.