Sir, - Michael O'Brien (November 23rd) indulges his antipathy to Eoghan O'Duffy and lauds the "heroic volunteers" and "other brave people" who fought for the Spanish government in the Civil War.
Was Frank Ryan an upholder of democracy? At a public meeting in Dublin on November 10th 1932, he said: "No matter what anyone says to the contrary, while we have fists, hands and boots to use and guns if necessary, we will not allow free speech." - Yours, etc.,
Al Connolly, Dublin Road, Haggardstown, Dundalk, Co Louth.