Dear Editor, The heading to David Quinn’s article (IC 06/08/2015 ‘Priests and people alike will have to ‘interfere’ in politics) tells us that “the current retreat from politics means that the bishops have no vision of the common good to offer”.  Yet, the much-lauded recent papal social encyclical says that individual fulfilment is at the…

Dear Editor, Colm Keaveney hit the nail on the head with regard to school patronage last week. His critique of the ongoing debate, which Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin described not so long ago as a ‘phoney’ war, is all the more interesting considering he is the former chairman of the Labour Party. Mr Keaveney’s…

Dear Editor, We all recognise that parents today are at their wits end trying to discover how to prepare their children for the runaway world of modern technology and its messages. To see, hear, speak, bully and act any old way that wins longed-for popularity whatever the cost to others, is termed ‘openness’. Of course…

Dear Editor, Irish people are renowned for their charitable streak, however some people associate charity with giving money and what often stops them from helping are the administrative costs by some charities. Is there another option? If you would like to help, why not consider donating unwanted farm machines. There are shed loads and farmyards…

Dear Editor, The plug has been pulled from the continent of Africa and the flow of humanity from there to Europe will never end until the rich world realises that it is the cause of a situation so dreadful as to cause the people to risk their all, their families, their homes, their money, their…