Shameful and ignorant attack on Gaza aid activists

STEVEN KING’S column on the Gaza flotilla activists (June 9) was a shameful outpouring.

To label such eminent Irish people as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairéad McGuire and the former UN assistant secretary general Denis Halliday as D-list celebrities and idiots only highlights his own ignorance. Both these lauded human rights activists have won several international prizes for their work in conflict resolution.

The only prize Mr King is likely to win is one bestowed by Big Brother where displaying gross ignorance in public has transformed a few nobodies into minor celebrities.