“Madam, – Like Tom Garvin (Opinion, May 1st) I have been dismayed by the politically driven revolution transforming Irish universities over the past decade. Prof Garvin is, famously, one of the most hard-nosed as well as most sophisticated political writers on the island, making the charge that he is simply nostalgic for a lost ‘golden age’ a foolish as well as a weak defence …” (more)
[Tom Dunne, Irish Times, 8 May]