Straight to the POINT

NOW that we have a hosepipe ban during the heatwave, can we also have a hot-air ban from our politicians, too? D POWER Stoneybatter, Dublin 7.

PITY the poor farmers, who got hit hard when the winter stretched long into the year, depleting fodder stocks. Now the heatwave means they can’t replace what they used! TERENCE PAGE Navan, Co. Meath.

HEATWAVE BONUS: melting tar on our roads is helping to fill in the potholes. DENIS LAMBERT, Longbridge, Lancs.

I URGE parents of schoolchildren to enjoy the long, hot summer – when it’s over there’ll be plenty of dull days, particularly when it comes to paying for uniforms, books and ‘voluntary subscriptions’. So much for ‘free’ education. R. MANGAN, Dublin 2.