Court ruling on byelection

Madam, – It’s rare I find myself in accord with Sinn Féin, but I am delighted that the High Court has in effect given the Government…

Madam, – It’s rare I find myself in accord with Sinn Féin, but I am delighted that the High Court has in effect given the Government a slap on the wrist over the unseemly delay in holding the byelection in Donegal South West (Breaking News, November 3rd).

Let it be a lesson to this administration and those to come that one ought never to play politics with democracy itself. – Yours, etc,

KEITH TROUGHTON,

Oakton Park,

Ballybrack, Co Dublin.