With reference to Dr T. Ryle Dwyer’s article (Irish Examiner, Nov 1) concerning the (Percy) Creek memoir, as the advising historian on the BBC Radio 4 show, I can confirm that the Creek document was not used in isolation: to the contrary, his army records and his unit records were checked, and British Cabinet documents were employed extensively in the making of the programme.

I am living in the US since 1961.

I would like to thank Sarah Opperman (Irish Examiner, Nov 6) for — perhaps unwittingly — providing one explanation of the motives behind the upcoming children’s referendum.

Are we finally aware of how much we need to abandon the euro and the German policies?

The children’s referendum is the Government’s way of removing their obligation to protect and vindicate children’s rights.

I was much relieved to read that the legal challenge taken against the clearly very objective children’s referendum had failed.

Considering that the first commandment of God is “I am the Lord they God, thou shalt not have false gods before me”, one wonders about the sinfulness of people who regard Alex Ferguson as a God.

I wish to warn all thinking people in this country about this proposed change in law regarding children’s rights.

I would like to convey the importance of exercising our vote on the children’s referendum. The current system needs an overhaul and a start needs to be made somewhere.

While I was initially in favour of a constitutional provision providing for children’s rights, having studied the proposed amendment I will be voting no for a number of reasons.