PERHAPS the Russians are only getting their own back after years of tyrannical abuse under the murderous Georgian, Joe Stalin.

HAVING paid enough for a TV licence, isn’t it about time the ordinary RTÉ viewer heard a voice that sounded familiar, or even real. I’m tired of some young woman speaking in her extraterrestrial ‘D4’ accent, jabbering on monotonously to some imaginary viewer from ‘Ballyneutral’ or ‘Castletownblandend’.