Tom should be battling to rescue film centre

’I felt sick when I saw it," Deputy Tom Barry said in response to The Cork Film Centre’s leaflet highlighting the unwise decision to cut all funding to the centre (Irish Examiner, September 10).

Let me say two things to Mr Barry: Firstly, I work in the area of documentary and have filmed in hostile territories, most recently in Kiev during the troubles there.

I know people who know James Foley, the freelance world of photojournalists/filmmakers in hostile territories is relatively tightly knit.