AS a young Catholic woman I do not believe I am ‘oppressed’ by the church.

RECENTLY I have come to have great pity for the people in north Mayo who are objecting to the proposed Corrib gas pipeline and refinery.

I WAS disgusted at the callous deportation to Nigeria of Olivia Agbonlahor and her twin children, Great and Melissa.

TODAY, 30,000 children will die needlessly. It is our country’s great shame that we have reneged on our overseas aid promise to the world’s poorest people.

FOLLOWING their awful showing in the local elections and the loss of a seat in the recent by-elections, the Fianna Fáil leadership should realise it’s time for action to galvanise a jaded electorate.