Dear Editor, The recent denial by Irish doctors of a suicidal woman’s request for abortion has been greeted in some quarters by indignation, as if the decision by doctors to deliver the baby alive was an affront to her mother’s rights. But I strongly suspect that it is the frustration of the woman’s request for…

Dear Editor, It seems that man’s thirst for gossip and a good story is insatiable. Often times a colourful character, of seemingly spectacular deeds, will overshadow the true hero of a story, the memory of whom is often lost on account of the ordinariness that usually constitutes such heroic virtue. Think of St Joseph and…

Dear Editor, The Irish way of doing things is not the universal way, and the Vatican is right to insist that the universal rules about the sign of peace be properly followed. When I attended Mass in Bangkok, the congregation greeted each other with a ‘wai’ – that is by raising their joined hands to…

Dear Editor, There seems to be a strong anti-Catholic bias in RTÉ, very subtle sometimes, and on other occasions quite aggressive in language and tone. The sad story of the young woman with an unwanted pregnancy was the opportunity for RTÉ to rehash the abortion controversy with the finger pointed at the cruelty of pro-life…

Dear Editor, In discussing the abortion issu. what really matters most is that top class unbiased authentic counselling and sympathetic advice are always readily available on the spot. This help was not forthcoming in a hurry with the current controversial case of the young asylum seeker 22 weeks pregnant. In the crazy circumstances, I believe…