John Colgan (Letters, Jun 14) asserts that abortion is practised in Ireland by citing the treatment of ectopic pregnancies.

THE executive management board of Cork University Hospital has issued invitations, under the HSE logo, to an interactive lecture entitled ‘Why Euthanasia Should Be Legalised’ by Prof Len Doyal on April 9.

YOUR columnist Steven King (Irish Examiner, November 22) criticised the Catholic Church’s stand on embryo experiments.

ELEANOR JOEL’S account of events prior to the death of her mother rings absolutely true, and she is being quite unjustifiably vilified by the media and individuals who have no conception of the reality of such situations.