Sir, - I have just again heard Mr Trevor Sargent TD of the Green Party berating the Government for not sending a copy of the Amsterdam Treaty to every household in the land.
I will resist the temptation to point out the incongruity of a self-styled Green advocating the destruction of a small forest to publish such material, rather than suggesting another route.
A trawl of the Internet offers a number of Irish websites where the treaty is available to download or print. The Department of Foreign Affairs (via the Irish Government server); your good selves at The Irish Times; Fianna Fail, and other political parties, offer immediate access to the Treaty. A notable exception, however, is the Green party website, where there is not even a mention of, never mind access to, the Amsterdam Treaty.
Now, how does that phrase about people in glasshouses go? - Yours, etc., Derek Mooney
Eglinton Wood, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.