Sir, - Your Saturday columnist (although it beats me why) and erstwhile Government Minister, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn is surely out of line in citing the PDs as a threat to democracy (Opinion, May 8th) when her former party has been and is at the very heart of what would appear to the mere layman some costly tribunals of inquiry. Pro bono publico would appear to have been substituted by pro bono politico/fellow travellers/connected supporters/large financial contributors by that party, whose lack of conscience is exceeded only by its remarkable and consistent lack of memory. Long live coalition government (although not particularly this one)! - Yours, etc., W. Dudgeon,
Killaloe, Co Clare.