Michelle: Your letters: 'Hellraiser' claim was hard to swallow

I SEE Richard Harris, 'that auld bluffer' and so called 'hellraiser' is going on in the Sunday Mirror about all that booze he's consumed in his youth and about living life in the 'fast lane".

For years now Richard has been spinning this yarn for gullible Yanks and English and playing the national stereotype of the drink- sodden eccentric Paddy to their particular gallery.

But down here in Limerick, where he was born and reared, there are still enough people alive to remember a different story.

In fact, one particular gentleman, whose name I won't mention, claimed that after four pints, Richard was on his ear and had to be carried home.

Four pints, imagine that. That's eight less than the leader of the Conservative Party William Hague claimed which he could drink in a day.

B Saunders,

Dooradoyle, Limerick

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