Minister for public service, Ruairí Quinn, objected 30 years ago to proposals for Ireland to sign a European Convention which would allow for the transfer of Irish prisoners held abroad back home because of the existing overcrowding problem in Irish prisons.

THE letter from the Department of Finance (Irish Examiner, Sept. 17) misrepresents what I said in my earlier letter on how Ireland's company tax rates would fare under the Nice Treaty.

EMPLOYERS' group IBEC launched a €500,000 publicity campaign yesterday urging a Yes vote in the Nice Treaty.