Sir, – Tom Neville (January 2nd) states that he can think of "no truly independent TD and cannot think of a single policy ideal held by an independent which is not shared by one (or more) of the parties".
Really? How about Luke “Ming” Flanagan, Michael Fitzmaurice and Stephen Donnelly? What parties were they affiliated with?
What about Ming’s support for cannabis legalisation, or the opposition to the needlessly restrictive party whip systems that the major parties use? I don’t recall any of the parties getting behind those positions. – Yours, etc,
TOMÁS M CREAMER,
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Ballinamore,
Co Leitrim.