Sir, – Regarding the inflating of alcohol breath-test figures, Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan talked to gardaí across the country and found "a collective embarrassment and a sorryness" ("Garda breath-test debacle not just management's fault, says O'Sullivan", News, April 26th).
The only previous use of the word “sorryness” defined it as an insincere apology designed to defuse a situation.
Sorry to bring this up. – Yours, etc,
Dr JOHN DOHERTY,
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