‘Perhaps someone from the Minister’s office might pick up the phone to the National Gallery?'

Sir, – Patrick O’Donovan tells us that the as-yet-unused scanner in the National Gallery has caused “huge embarrassment” to his department (“Minister admits ‘embarrassment’ over scanner”, Home News, February 26th). An Taoiseach describes the purchase of the scanner as “incomprehensible”.

I wondered about that, too, considering my own home scanner, which cost €...
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