Madam, - Your edition of November 10th reports Mary Harney as saying that the Progressive Democrats did not have a leadership with the required energy, calibre and standing to lead it into the future. I believe the electorate came to the same conclusion well over a year ago when PDs old and new were soundly rejected.
This makes it difficult to understand why the vital position of Minister for Health has remained in the hands of this wholly discredited party for so long.
It is a defiance of democracy that the mishandling of matters of life and death remains in the hands of a Minister lacking both a party and a mandate. - Yours, etc,