Seanad elections

Sir, – Most of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs who lost their Dáil seats are hoping to be nominated for the vocational panels in the Seanad election.

I presume they all have the relevant qualifications to represent these industry sectors? – Yours, etc,

TADHG McCARTHY,

Bray,

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Co Wicklow.

Sir, – The vocational panels have a decidedly fusty air to their names: administrative, and industrial and commercial, for example. Why not a few more panels to reflect the times we line in? An entertainment panel, perhaps? Or a hot-air panel? – Yours, etc,

JANE RYAN,

Dublin 3.