Stand-off At Drumcree

Sir, - As an Ulster Protestant - a member of the Presbyterian Church - I would like to remind my fellow-Protestants in the North…

Sir, - As an Ulster Protestant - a member of the Presbyterian Church - I would like to remind my fellow-Protestants in the North that in our Reformist tradition we are bound to obey the law, even when the law is not altogether to our liking. There are few exceptions to this rule except in dictatorships that are morally flawed. The UK and the Republic of Ireland are democratic societies.

We are also commanded as Christians to love our neighbours - and that includes the residents of the Garvaghy Road area of Portadown. - Yours, etc., Robert Greacen,

Dublin 4.