Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, More than any other event in Ireland in recent memory, the story of the Tuam mother and baby home demonstrates so clearly the bias against the Church at the heart of the modern secular media. From a story made possible by already existing records – as confirmed by Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne in your…

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…