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…