A chara, - Not only is it highly undesirable for a publicly unaccountable body to be allowed to pressurise the Government into rushing through the Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Light) Bill, 1997; but when the legislation also has implications for the principle of Irish neutrality, then we are talking of an infringement of democracy.
Is it any wonder that the people of West Clare view the proposed public forum on the Loran-C mast as no more than a delaying tactic to push this highly contentious, and vote-losing, issue beyond the next election? - Yours, etc.,
Clare Green Party, Moore Street, Kilrush, Co Clare.