31 JULY 1999, Page 24

From Jeananne Crowley Sir: Of course we Irish have a

vested interest in Kennedy self-mythologising hype and spin but the clan's pathetic attempt to shift the blame on to Lauren Bessette left even the most susceptible of us breathless. I doubt if any publication in Ireland would have had the bottle to run Mark Steyn's expert decon- struction of the so-called curse. What an inci- sive writer and aren't you lucky to have him!

Jeannane Crowley