LIKE most Irish people, I continue to be shocked and saddened at the abuse of children by people in authority, and to be surprised that any decent people still remaining within the Catholic Church hierarchy seem unable to strongly condemn the abusers and the so-called Canon Law that shields them.

FORGIVE my cynicism when I hear pay levels are likely to be restored in the public service once reforms have been achieved.

I WELCOME Junior Minister Michael Finneran’s new-found, if somewhat belated, interest in the plight of the homeless.