I don't know why Tom Cooper is getting so worked up about the IRFU ditching 'Amhrán na bhFiann' (Letters, 14 November) because the way things are going, it's only a matter of time before Deutschland Über Alles will be our new national anthem!
Declan O'Brien
Ballyboden
For my liking, ...Fiann is a bit too close to Fianna (as in Fianna Failure). On a more serious note, I have always had difficulty with the bellicose words and much prefer Danny Boy which could be a good NI-ROI song which all the players can sing. It's beautiful (like the country-side) and also sad (like our government's efforts) concerns emigration (our biggest industry) burial (like our economy) but best of all, a come back like our future!!!