Please allow me to respond to Janet Maxwell, Church of Ireland Head of Communications (Letters, Jan 10). She wrote to you on the Protestant evangelical Bethany Home (that closed in 1972), in response to a column by Victoria White and a subsequent Examiner editorial.

With reference to the recent article by Victoria White and subsequent editorial comment concerning the Bethany Home, it should be made clear that the Church of Ireland has not ignored the issues raised by former residents.

A stand-off between Gardai and 40 afghan hunger strikers is continuing in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.

There has been a significant development in the Afghani hunger strike at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.