Madam, - May I correct Michael Tierney (February 8th)?
His statement, "they support the Constitution of the Republic", is inaccurate. There is no such state as the Republic of Ireland or the Irish Republic. Article 4 of the Constitution of Ireland/Bunreacht na hÉireann is explicit. "The name of the State is Éire or, in the English language, Ireland." - Yours, etc,
ADRIAN CARROLL, Gladstone Street, Clonmel, Co Tipperary.