John B Reid (Letters, Apr 23) has not learnt the lesson of the Halappanavar tragedy: That there is no way that equal consideration to both the life of the mother and of the child can be given.

So the inevitable has happened and it is our fault.

I thought that on the anniversary of the excommunication of Martin Luther it would be a good time for me to add my tupennyworth regarding the silencing of dissent amongst Irish clergy by the Vatican.

NO one can help but applaud Enda Kenny’s speech to the Dail stating so clearly the proper position of the Catholic Church in relation to the civic power within our state.

IN his letter (October 15), Andrew Doyle emphasises the opportunism of independent TDs.

I COMMEND the letter by Fergus O’Leary headlined ‘Claudy: a grave injustice by people at the top’ (September 7).

WHILE I agree very much with your editorial (August 25) on Al Hutchinson’s report on the collusion to protect Fr Jim Chesney from proper investigation by the RUC, I was surprised at the mildness of tone.

NOW that at last the British government has admitted the people shot on Bloody Sunday were innocent civilians and that they could not justify the unjustifiable, perhaps it would be worth considering the next logical step.