Apologies, I missed a readers letter:
Financial cushion
Alex Orr (Letters, 17 April) draws attention to the growing Irish economy, the reason for which is the focused economic management of Ireland that has not been distracted by the social engineering and sundry trivia that has afflicted Scotland for some time now. Indeed, the economy of Scotland has been studiously ignored.
It is a blessing that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, and has the financial cushion of Westminster to fall back on.