Will of the people or a self-serving device?

DANA referred to the possibility of multiple referenda (Irish Examiner letters, July 5). She seems to think it’s undemocratic to have multiple referenda on the same question.

If a referendum is truly to be considered the will of the people, it doesn’t matter how often you put a question... you will always get the result which reflects what voters want.

Perhaps we’re meant to infer from what she says that Dana does not believe a referendum is fundamentally democratic. If, as I suspect, she thinks it’s a device by which an agenda can be furthered based on the right timing and some myth-making, it’s likely that the Government thinks so too - and the last referendum does nothing to assuage that fear.