Dana’s sincerity is beyond dispute

I REFER to Rónán Mullen’s column entitled ‘Dana should forget the Britney Spears approach and go local’ (Irish Examiner, September 15).

Mr Mullen is a long-time supporter of the pro-life campaign, and is on close terms with its leadership. He was also a strong supporter of Dana until she refused, on pro-life grounds, to back the Government’s last abortion referendum proposal.

He takes for granted that Dana’s supporters are conservative generally, not just socially conservative. In my experience, there are many pro-life, pro-family voters who are left of centre on practically every other issue.