Crisis in Eastern Europe

Sir, – Reports of rising tension in Ukraine are worrying, not to say confusing. What is even more worrying, nearer home, is our Government’s apparent willingness to go along with whatever the USA, Germany and Nato want. Ireland is still a neutral state. We should be opposing the drift to war, not accommodating one power bloc against another. Bismarck once said the Balkans were not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier. Unfortunately he was not around in 1914. I don’t expect Ireland to produce a Bismarck, but we don’t need a John Redmond either. Yours, etc,

PADRAIG YEATES,

The Links,

Portmarnock,

Co Dublin