THE “big protest” planned against the Catholic Church recently was turned on its head by the faithful who put God before the misguided calls for a mass boycott and ensured they kept the first and third commandment by keeping holy the sabbath day.

IN his piece published in your Europe Day feature (May 9), Brian Crowley MEP tells us that after Lisbon, “the citizens’ initiative will grant the members of the public a direct input into the decision- making process”.

THE outburst from PJ McElhone, in a letter headlined ‘No going back’ (April 7), is a sure sign that the Lisbon Treaty is sinking faster than the Titanic.