The Democratic Republic of ...

I wonder can any reader explain why we, the public, will allow Michael McDowell effectively abolish the Centre for Public Inquiry and sit silently as he begins the first tentative steps towards the abolition of the costly Tribunals; all when he and his party was elected on the basis of not allowing these particular instances to occur.  Never mind the fact that they threaten democracy.

And whilst on that point, could you please include any reason for the near certain reelection of Frank Fahy. There really is no excuse for our continuous descent towards the bottom of the Global Transparency Corruption Index. Soon enough the American's might have reinstall democracy for us.

Keith Connolly,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin.