Sir, - I am surprised that the David Irving "event" was so evidently played down in your paper; only three letters were published, two of them in support of Mr Myers's point of view, and one against (the Socialist Party).
Yet, in general the contributions to the Letters page indicate that quite a number of people profess opinions containing the elements of xenophobia, racism and intolerance in differing degrees. It is obvious that there is a constituency in this country that is only waiting to be organised by the far right, as in the rest in Europe.
There is a persistent attempt in certain intellectual circles to popularise prominent figures of the world-wide neo-Nazi revisionist movement, but I am probably the only person in Ireland to have witnessed real Nazism at work - in occupied Belgium (1940-1945) and in the concentration camps - as opposed to people who know about only from hearsay. If they want to be "instructed" by Mr Irving, so be it. But I believe that equal opportunity should be given to the people who are opposed to the growing influence of the far right, and who remember the mistakes made in the 1930s in the name of "free-speech". The future of democracy depends on them, not on the supporters of Mr Irving. - Yours, etc.,
Frans L. Frison, Avondale Crescent, Killiney, Co Dublin.