Dear Editor, I have waited patiently for someone in authority to point out that it cannot be lawful for same-sex couples to enter into a contract of marriage, unless, of course, they plan to change dictionaries as well as the law. The legal definition of marriage is strictly a contract entered into between a man…

Dear Editor, Local and European elections fast approach. Voters should scrutinise carefully the plethora of candidates, parties and ideological agendas now presenting themselves in search of votes. Among them will be pro-abortion parties and campaigners. We must vote pro-abortion parties and candidates out of office at every opportunity and vote for politicians who are unashamed…

Dear Editor, Perhaps this Lent we should concentrate on why our societies are becoming more unhappy. Politicians are simply not getting their heads around the scary statistics about the growth of the unhappiness indicators – depression, obesity and eating disorders – in our societies across the western world. These illnesses are mostly associated with prosperity…

Dear Editor, Had Prof. Reville's feature on Copernicus (IC 27/2/14) been written in 1886, its inaccuracies and assumptions may have gone unnoticed. In 2014 however some of his conclusions are no longer valid. In 1887 there was an experiment called the Mitchelson and Morley ether test that failed to show any orbiting of the Earth. It…

Dear Editor, the government is toying with the idea of downgrading history and religion in schools, the subjects which reveal and help us transcend our humanity respectively. Having read a fascinating story about another Mayo man, John Bingham, “one of the most effective intelligence officers during the Second World War” and the man behind the…

Dear Editor, After reading Andrew O'Connell's Notebook article (IC 6/3/14) I went online to find out which national broadsheet newspaper had published the editorial to which he refers and to read the editorial itself. To my surprise, I discovered that the newspaper in question was not the one I initially assumed it was. Things have…

Dear Editor, I would be grateful for the opportunity of both informing and inviting, to a very special and poignant event which will take place next month. On April 2, 2014 time 4 pm , at Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin, a service will take place in honour of 222 babies and young children who died in…

Dear Editor, What Fr Radcliffe calls “act as police monitoring the lives of others” is usually called “admonish the sinner”. It is a work of mercy that can be difficult as sometimes the sinner doesn’t want to be admonished. Nevertheless for some, e.g., parents, godparents, priests, nuns, it is a duty. Thus, if a priest…

Dear Editor,  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will soon have to address the issue of late abortions, answering a written question submitted last January 31. Britain is particularly targeted following the revelation that each year, 60 foetuses survive after a late abortion for several minutes, and sometimes for several hours. They are left to…

Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the article on the parish of Sandyford, Kilternan and Glencullen. I am writing not just as a parishioner but also as chairman of a local soccer club Wayside Celtic FC which has over 500 members. I have never at any time over the years felt that the…