Sir, – Mark Paul asserts that recently elected Labour MP Damien Egan is “the first person born in the Republic to be elected to the House of Commons in Westminster in more than 30 years” (News, March 2nd). Mr Egan joins the Labour benches alongside Dublin-born Dame Nia Griffith, the MP for Llanelli since 2005. – Yours, etc,
KEVIN O’SULLIVAN,
Letterkenny,
Co Donegal.