Passport abuse is the real issue for Ireland

IN his column (March 3), Steven King attempts to justify the assassination of Mahmoud Mabhouh — ” a man who lived by terrorism”.

The primary reason that this case has received so much coverage in Europe is the sheer contempt the perpetrators showed for this country by abusing our passport.

Currently, Irish passport-holders enjoy relative comfort when travelling across borders thanks to our neutrality and general absence of hostility towards any other nation.