Dáil vote on autism

Madam, - Can there be anything more illuminating about the "sleeveen" politics of Fianna Fáil than to see Mary O'Rourke TD stand…

Madam, - Can there be anything more illuminating about the "sleeveen" politics of Fianna Fáil than to see Mary O'Rourke TD stand up and play to a packed Dáil public gallery claiming she supported parents having the choice of ABA for their special needs children, only to then go and vote against the Fine Gael motion that would have given those parents exactly the choice Mary O'Rourke claimed to support a short time earlier?

For sheer brass neck and hypocrisy you just can't beat Fianna Fáil and for sheer stupidity you can't beat the people who, despite this, will still go out and vote for Fianna Fáil.

- Yours, etc,

DESMOND FITZGERALD, Canary Wharf, London.