Sir, - Those who referred to the No campaigners as an extremist rabble and questioned the source of their funding displayed absolute arrogance and contempt for the democratic rights of those who dared to debate the issues and little regard for the intelligence of an electorate ill-informed throughout this "campaign".
As someone who lives on the geographical periphery of the EU and supports the concept of measured enlargement I feel the current administration in this part of Europe must accept full responsibility for failing to convince and reassure the people on this occasion. - Yours, etc.,
Peter Gaughan, Monkstown, Co Dublin.