Letters to the Editor: ‘Lessons learnt’ does not cut it any more

One reader lauds the eloquence of Fergus Finlay's anger, while another rues the missed opportunity to name the National Children's Hospital in memory of Dr Kathleen Lynn

'We have ongoing disability, decline, age, and isolation,' writes Ann Kennedy. File picture: PA

Thank you Fergus Finlay, 'Thanks, but no thanks — some apologies not worth the paper they're written on', Irish Examiner July 1, who wrote with such fire I was laughing.

I felt it on a visceral level, churning to the very end. The eloquence of anger was astonishing, clear, and brave. It took me quite by surprise. It rolled and roared, hitting everyone who read it in the right spot for the right reasons. I wish I had that panache, that command of response to brewing feelings felt over years, if not decades.