Conclusion of Fyffes inquiry

Madam, – Who is Bill Shipsey to tell us that Jim Flavin has no case to answer? (“Flavin deal an ‘error of judgment’, Fyffes …

Madam, – Who is Bill Shipsey to tell us that Jim Flavin has no case to answer? (“Flavin deal an ‘error of judgment’, Fyffes inquiry concludes”, January 20th).

Surely it is a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute Mr Flavin and let a jury decide if he has done something illegal. Justice would be seen to be done. At present it appears that Mr Flavin has got away with thumbing his nose at the Supreme Court. – Yours, etc,

CJ ROBINSON,

Pinewood Crescent,

Dublin 11.

Madam, – I wonder if a new legal defence has been created in Irish law by the findings of yesterday’s Shipsey report, which found that, contrary to the facts and the clear breaches of the law and regulations, a genuinely held belief of no wrongdoing is now a good defence in law. Or is this just shipsey-wash? – Yours, etc,

OLIVER WALDRON,

Golf Gardens, Rio Real,

Los Monteros,

Marbella, Spain.