Point of departure

ENGLISH businessman Richard Atherton (Irish Examiner letters, April 26), after a recent trip to Ireland, railed against the smoking ban, declared that every person who served him was of either African or Eastern European origin, criticised the fire brigade at Dublin Airport and, finally, announced his solemn intention never to darken our shores again...

Close the door on your way out, Richard, there’s a good man.

Conor Hallahan,

34, Pope’s Quay Court,

Shandon Street,

Cork.