Small force

I READ recently that the height of women recruits to the Irish army is to be reduced to 5ft 2 ins (Irish Examiner, July 3).

Perhaps the composer of our national anthem, Peadar Kearney, had this in mind when he wrote ‘soldiers are wee’.

Patrick Houlihan

Basement Museum

Killorglin

Co Kerry

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