I REFER to Claire O’Sullivan’s article (Church will not take bishop’s celibacy remarks too kindly, Sept 14) which refers to retired Bishop Dr Edward Daly’s questioning of the need for the continuation of the long-established rule of mandatory celibacy in the Catholic Church.

MYLES Duffy (Letters, Sept 13) has described an inclination by Senator David Norris to re-enter the presidential contest as “blinkered vanity that disregards other material considerations”.

WE are now to have a referendum on the Oireachtas’s right to hold tribunals of enquiry on October 27, not a Children’s referendum against abuse that was eagerly awaited by social workers and child protection groups.

OUR democracy and form of government is based on a system of checks and balances between the Government, the Oireachtas and the judiciary.

REGARDING the so-called “stealth tax” on insurance, why should customers have to pay for the incompetence of insurance company executives?

ICELAND may have been the pioneer of recklessness during the credit boom but fortunately, compared with Ireland, it was also a pioneer in manipulating a swift economic recovery.

IT IS only right and proper that the failures of bishops and others should be highlighted and they be held to account for not dealing responsibly with preventing the abuse of young people and correcting abuses when they occurred.

GREGG GABBETT (Letters, Sept 8) wants us all to break free of the grip of what he perceives as the repressive clutches of the Church.

WE have 600 more inspectors to tackle fraud and more to tackle other areas of life.

ISN’T it a joy to behold both markets and panicked politicians running around aimlessly trying to put Humpty Dumpty together again?