I WAS alarmed recently to discover another self-amending aspect in article 352 of the the Treaty on European Union as amended by the Lisbon Treaty.

BARRY WALSH (Letters, June 30) misrepresents calls on EU member states to halt the continued ratification of the Lisbon Treaty as us dictating to them.

ALAN DUKES recently argued the fact that national governments had not been rendered irrelevant by the political evolution of the EU was confirmed by commonsense and mirrored his own long experience of working within its institutions.

I TAKE issue with Gay Mitchell’s insinuation that Libertas funding is from outside the EU (Letters, April 1).

BUSINESSES and public organisations are joining forces to make better emergency plans in case of fire, flooding or nuclear disaster.