Letters to the Editor: Time to put foot on brake to save State

Readers reflect on the incredible character of Irish people and funding for RTÉ

The documentary on Dolores Keane, Story of a Songbird: Dolores @70, brought back memories of going to fleadhs in the late ‘70s, working in pubs in London and Brighton in the ‘80s, and then the US in the ‘90s.

Many years ago working in a pub in Brighton, there was a character called Willie. Willie sent money back to Ireland, but never got back himself.

As a teenager leaving Ireland, his mother said to him: “Never forget, you are Irish.” I got so busy the last few years trying to survive that I had almost forgotten what it was to be Irish, and then I watched Story of a Songbird: Dolores @70.