Dear Editor, What a considered, thoughtful piece by Michael Kelly about the Taoiseach’s interview with Gay Byrne on the topic of Enda Kenny’s faith (IC 26/6/14). However, it might have been more appropriate to use a small ‘g’ for the word ‘god’ in the Taoiseach’s quote about his faith being in “my God, and my…

Dear Editor, Your edition of June 12, 2014 included a full page advertorial promoting The Mater Foundation’s Make Your Will Week.  This fund raising event for projects in the Mater Hospital poses something of a dilemma for potential donors or testators.  Many of your readers, inspired by Christian charitable motives will want to support excellent…

Dear Editor, Any commission set up to investigate infant mortality rates in Ireland in the last century should also be empowered to monitor the application of the so called Protection of Life in Pregnancy Act 2013. This law, for the first time in our history, gave permission for the wilful ending of the life of…

Dear Editor, Reports on the launch of “A New Vision of Education” will have alerted readers to the imminent destruction of the Anglican Christian ethos of Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines and the Catholic Christian ethos of Mater Dei and St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. This is euphemistically called ‘incorporation’ whereby the three colleges…

Dear Editor, I write to express my disgust at the latest vicious and crass attack on the Church by the former president, Mary McAleese. By calling the Pope and the Synod of Bishops who will be discussing family issues in the autumn “bonkers” Mrs McAleese is insulting all Catholics. It’s clear that she doesn’t really…

Dear Editor, It is high time that the Irish media employ professional critics who can write objectively, criticise constructively, enlighten their readers and show a degree of intelligence. “Tell us the truth about the children dumped in Galway’s mass graves” says The Guardian. “Almost 800 ‘forgotten’ Irish children dumped in septic tank mass grave at…

Dear Editor, I thought David Quinn’s piece on the Tuam story (‘Dealing with the issue of unwanted children’ IC 12/6/14) greatly helped to keep things in perspective. While there’s no question that the uncovering of the mass grave was shocking and disturbing, I feel as if the media was quick to sensationalise the story without…

Dear Editor, Over the past weeks I read, listened to and viewed the relentless and horrendous reports on the Tuam babies. And then I read the coverage of the same story in the pages of The Irish Catholic this June 12. Well done to the staff of your newspaper and thank God for a Catholic…

Dear Editor, I refer to the various letters (IC 12/6/14) concerning mother and baby homes and what has unfolded in recent days regarding the one in Tuam. As Morty O’Shea says, fuller and more accurate information is needed for a true assessment of what happened. Having said that I am disturbed by some of the…

Dear Editor, As the shock waves abound, concerning the revelation of the mass grave of babies in a Church-run institution, once again, I clutch my Bible to my heart and cherish – with every fibre of my being – the precious and infallible Word of God. One of my favourite Psalms is Psalm139: “For it…