LOUIS OWENS,
Sir, - "Yes, some of the very personalised attacks are hurtful," says Ms Bairbre de Brún of her two years in office as a Minister in the North (The Irish Times, February 5th).
"Yes, some of the very personalised attacks were fatal," say the victims of of her Republican fellow-travellers. - Yours etc.,
LOUIS OWENS, Old Cabra Road, Dublin 7.