DE ROSSA CASE

Sir, - When Albert Reynolds received the most paltry damages for a technical libel against him in a London court, he complained…

Sir, - When Albert Reynolds received the most paltry damages for a technical libel against him in a London court, he complained that there was no justice for Irishmen in Britain. When Proinsias de Rossa fails to achieve full satisfaction in a Dublin courtroom, your editorial proclaims it a "good result for . . . journalism in this jurisdiction".

Is there a discrepancy here, or do we finally know why Mr Reynolds insisted in prosecuting his case outside Ireland? - Yours, etc.,

William Street, Newtownards, Co. Down.