As author of the Listening to Voices survey in 2010 and co-author of the updated survey earlier this year, I would like to respond to Matt Cooper’s article in the Irish Examiner (Apr 13).

Cloyne Diocesan Safeguarding Children Committee (CDSCC) rejects the assertion in the Irish Examiner (Mar 28) that our recently launched Safeguarding Children Newsletter “is an attempt by the diocese to improve its damaged reputation…”

Having visited Cobh today, in an effort to join in the Titanic celebrations, I am disheartened that the only words that come to mind after having spent the day there are “could try harder”.

Your editorial (Apr 7) was an ill-informed, exaggerated and unjustified attack on the right of the Magesterium of the Catholic Church to regulate its own affairs.

The recent report, Homeless Truths, by the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of childhood and how even the most basic rights of children and young people are ignored.

Fine Gael’s failure to understand why scenes of Enda Kenny being glad handled in Denis O’Brien’s company are a legitimate cause of concern is understandable, at least in the context of the hypocrisy of that party’s attitude to the findings made against one of their own when compared to what its reaction would have been if Mr O’Brien had close links with Fianna Fáil and was pictured with Brian Cowen.

Sexual orientation is important for some coalition TDs, but it should mean nothing in the classroom.

In relation to Ms Anne O’Hanlon’s account (Irish Examiner, Apr 12) of her shock and disbelief to find the tourist office in Cork closed for lunch, let me assure her, as a staff member who works in a tourist office from another region, that no office closes for lunch during busy periods, unless for one reason alone, ie a shortage of staff to cover a “staggered lunch” break.

Your editorial (Apr 12) highlighted the deficiencies in the Performance Management Development System (PMDS) used in the civil service.

Anxiety is clearly mounting following the recent award of €450,000 to a survivor of symphysiotomy.