I continue to be surprised at the contributions of some of your columnists on the subject of women’s rights, usually to the theme that we are witnessing a journey to rights, and how the journey has just begun.

MATT COOPER’S support for the recognition of same-sex unions as marriages (August 28) must not go unchallenged.

IN her article headlined ‘The Separation of Church and State’ (Irish Examiner, May 11), Beth Fouhy is agenda-driven on the question of abortion, which is fine, but she should state her colours rather than introduce the red herring about church and state and their supposed separation in America, Ireland, or anywhere else.