Sir, - Congratulations to the Labour Party, and particularly to the team of observers it sent to the Garvaghy Road, the Lower Ormeau Road and Derry. Deputies Declan Bree, Joe Costello and Senator Sean Maloney have clearly illustrated that the new breed of Labour politicians does care about Northern Ireland, and in particular the nationalist people of Northern Ireland.
Deputy O'Cuiv of Fianna Fail is also to be congratulated. He was the only Fianna Fail deputy to respond to the plea for observers from the nationalist community, as he was the only Fianna Fail member to visit the prisoners in England. How Fianna Fail has lost its soul!
Even at this late stage, all the political parties in the Dail should now support the proposal from the Labour Party for all party observer teams to attend future controversial Orange demonstrations, which might attempt to force their way through nationalist/Catholic communities. - Yours, etc.,
Swords Manor,
Swords,
Co Dublin.