It gives me no pleasure to say this, but notwithstanding this horrific tragedy I find the attitude of Mr Halappanavar and that of his solicitor Gerard O’Donnell to be highly unreasonable.

I am writing this letter in relation to the sad death of Savita Halappanavar and the use of her story by the media as a vehicle to campaign for abortion in Ireland.

The situation surrounding the deaths of Savita Halappanavar and her unborn baby girl is tragic and must certainly be fully investigated.

While the Indian embassy is rightly concerned about this terrible tragedy, the harsh criticisms from India’s media are a little less rational.

Donal Kennedy, (Letters, Nov 17) suggests that people await the coroner’s report before commenting on the Galway case.

Brendan Ronayne says that city and county councillors should receive no pay and no expenses (Letters, Nov 19).

It is to be hoped that Government will emerge from their financial stupor, over the coming days, and make provision for the payment of a Christmas welfare bonus, in December.

I welcome the recent ‘yes’ Glanbia vote which caters for expansion in farming and will have a spin off in employment.

It was indeed encouraging in this economic climate to read a good news story about Cork Harbour (Irish Examiner, Nov 14).

I think it is time that the abortion debate which has been raging in this country on and off for 30 years is taken out of the hands of the extremists and taken on by, what I hope is, the rational, compassionate majority of in-betweeners.