Sir, - Why are our people being so hustled and pressurised into a referendum on the Amsterdam Treaty? What is the hidden agenda? Simple Paddy agrees to set the ball rolling and oblige Brussels, which hopes that our signing will influence the Danes. A more sensible approach would be that of Sweden. Prime Minister Goran Persson stated: "We have said we wanted to wait and see, and we will not participate at the start ..."
For the most part our people do not realise what is involved - that we hand over what freedom we have left to the faceless bureaucrats of Brussels, that we become a mere province of a new superstate, that our Constitution and Supreme Court become subservient to the European Court. This goes for the churches also.
To give Brussels a blank cheque is naive and dangerous - just one of many reasons for rejecting Amsterdam. If in doubt - be safe: vote No. - Is mise,
Fr Tom Ingoldsby
Salesian House, Maynooth, Co Kildare.