Sir, – Having recently returned from warmer climes, I retrieved my myriad items from my postbox. I was saddened to see my emergency readiness booklet had suffered from rainwater ingress, which resulted in the pages being stuck together and rendering it unreadable.
Clearly, an emergency for which I was unprepared. There’s a learning here, I suggest. – Yours, etc,
FRANK J BYRNE,
Glasnevin,
RM Block
Dublin 9.
















