That letter reads like a Sinn Fein congress meeting talking of 'Irish Ireland' and what not. Gimme a break, such drivel!

It goes to show how misinformed Comhaltas as an organisation is about the whole situation. This letter is just another level in the self promotion that is Labhras O'Murchu.

Notice that there is no mention of how great the music is and how the music is held in such a high standing, only Comhaltas and Labhras because in their eyes the music didnt exist before them. I wouldn't be the first to say that Irish music isn't all CCE but for people who know nothing about the music they are going to look to them for guidance and I certainly don't want to be represented by an organisation like them. I didn't like them before this whole debacle, so don't say I don't like them because of just this. Its terrible, just look at the mostly tripe Fleadh programs that were just on. I can count on one hand the number of good pieces of music I heard, the rest was very poor and filled with the 'The fleadh is great' vox-popping.

That series has just ended, and immediately afterwards The Full Set is starting again with Frankie Gavin and Martin O'Conner. Its like going from Ryanair to Singapore Airlines, or more plainly from 'Fleadh music' to 'actual Irish music that people want to hear'. Or something along those lines.

I didn't think the organisation was so deluded until I read that, so now people I guess we can just forget about it. Democracy just doesn't work in the trad world I guess. The ard comhairle are basically just suits that are out of touch with the traditional world, their 'ideals' are of a bygone era and havn't evolved to the necessities of current society.

Get rid of Labhras and bring in Bertie. Ha ha!