VERONICA GUERIN

Sir, - If the Government, when presenting its package of anti organised crime legislation, proves itself master of the half step…

Sir, - If the Government, when presenting its package of anti organised crime legislation, proves itself master of the half step, it will have failed in its duty and will pay a heavy price at election time shortly.

To help strengthen its collective backbone it should ignore the (usually vocal) specious arguments and semantics about civil liberties and try to be in touch with the silent majority. - Yours, etc.,

Grove Lawn,

Blackrock, Dublin.