Dear Editor, The Amnesty International report, which calls for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution (which recognises the equal right to life of mother and baby) and for the decriminalisation of abortion, is further proof that the organisation is no longer a human rights defender. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration…

Dear Editor, The Catholic Church in Ireland, we are told, suffered a slap on the face with the result of the marriage referendum. It needs a reality check, said the Archbishop of Dublin. Just a minute! Who voted in this referendum? Overwhelmingly those who voted for equal rights for a minority were Irish people, 85%…

Dear Editor, Your article on bullying in the Church is welcome for its honesty about this disturbing problem (IC 11/06/2015). I am a recent convert to the Church from Anglicanism and I have had experience of bullying at the hands of two clergymen in my former denomination first in England and, later, in Northern Ireland.…

Dear Editor, Many people in Ireland, for various reasons, no longer practice the Catholic faith. Others are lukewarm or gone private. They are ashamed to speak out or defend their religion except with people of like-mind. ‘Normality’ today is anything but – it is a new culture driven by powerful advertising, maybe, better recognised as…

Dear Editor, Dr Janina Lyons (Letters 11/06/2015) mourns the result of the same-sex marriage referendum and observes that of those who voted yes surely a number were older Mass-going Catholics. She believes that many did so because they thought it was a kind and loving thing to do for their gay family members and friends,…

Dear Editor, I echo the demand for the truth made by the priests calling for the British government to release documents and order an independent investigation in to state collusion in killings in the North (IC 18/06/2015). It is now generally accepted that collusion did happen, but was it actually a government strategy and just…

Dear Editor, Thank you for the consistent, clear and courageous leadership that was given to your readers during the referendum campaign. This was certainly not granted by everyone. Yours etc., Mrs Judith Leonard, Raheny, Dublin 5.