Don’t dabble in Bard’s tongue

Kevin Curran (Letters, Feb 21) exhibits a clear creativity of capture and keen imaginative appraisal, as he sallies forth to defend the good name of the public service and the folk who serve therein.

Engaging the erstwhile literary legacy of one William Shakespeare, he ‘metaphors’ his way through a contrived sequence of symbolic paraphrase, to punch home a pointed defence of the predominantly ‘protected’ species that is the public service.

It’s good to know that he can find such time and inventive energy to dabble and dawdle in the ‘bard’s tongue’, while the country recedes apace. No doubt the many who are visiting their local dole office, about to be made redundant or languishing under crucifying debt, will appreciate and applaud his satirical efforts.