Victoria White takes issue with an RTÉ News report on the referendum result, specifically with the assertion that the Eighth Amendment was “the brainchild of Catholic lay activists”.

I am replying to an article in the Irish Examiner of September 30, by Father Brendan Hoban.

In a time when public services are struggling to cope with cutbacks, I would like to share my recent positive experiences of the people working in some of those services.