Letters to the Editor: The Irish State is not politically secular yet

One reader muses about secularism while others address issues ranging from the falling burglary rate to professional sport — and another offers wholehearted praise for an Irish library

Whatever about Pádraig Harrington's skill on the course, a reader suggests we should all go out and enjoy a game of golf when the professional tournaments are on TV. File picture: Steve Welsh/PA

While it is true that 69% of the population declared themselves to be Catholic (or were declared to be Catholic by others on their behalf) — according to the 2022 Census — one must ask how many of these are only nominally Catholic.

How many people declared themselves or others to be Catholic simply because they were baptised? If this is the bar, it is an extremely low one.