Sir, – Fintan O'Toole continues to go on about "radical change" in our democracy without defining what he means ("Stability can only come from radical change", Opinion & Analysis, March 24th).
We have a democracy. Like all democracies, it is less than perfect but it is functioning.
People like Fintan O’Toole want to change it.
They quote challenges like “debt, demographics, the erosion of public services” which they say have stripped the State “of social and moral consensus”.
This State has survived a bankruptcy and a bailout in the last number of years. If we want to imagine what could have happened all we have to do is look at Greece.
The only radical change that is being advocated comes from those who want to leave the EU, get rid of the multinationals and go back to the self-sufficiency of the1930s.
Should that be put forward as a social, moral or even economic consensus in 21st-century Ireland? – Yours, etc,
A LEAVY,
Sutton,
Dublin 13.
Sir, – Paul Murphy TD describes a threat of legal action as “bullying” but regards physical intimidation and verbal abuse, which are a common feature of his Anti-Austerity Alliance activities, as “legitimate protest”.
Meanwhile, Fintan O’Toole claims that “only radical change can deliver stability for State”. Be careful what you wish for, Fintan. – Yours, etc,
PETER MOLLOY,
Glenageary,
Co Dublin.