Madam -- Congratulations once again to Shane Ross for highlighting the joke that is Eamon Gilmore claiming to be leader of a Socialist Labour Party while supporting Enda Kenny's capitalist Fine Gael. When are the so-called Labour Party followers going to start asking questions? Mr Gilmore is as near to being a Socialist as I am to becoming a single handicap golfer. What's my golf handicap? Don't ask!
William Rocke,
Artane, Dublin 5
Letters to the Editor Sir - Restrictions to abortion do not reduce the rate of abortions. In other words, the Eighth Amendment has not saved any lives. The recent 'Abortion Worldwide 2017' study shows that abortion occurs as frequently in the two most restrictive regimes as the two least restrictive regimes.
Letters to the Editor Sir - Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame has made the ultimate sacrifice representing the uniform which he wore with pride. In saving a life [in last month's jihadist attack in France] by forfeiting his own, he has saved many others by showing the whole world how to behave in the face of terror.
Letters to the Editor Sir - I agree wholeheartedly with the majority of Eilis O'Hanlon's sentiments on the privilege of private schools and their questionable receipt of government money for such luxuries as the resurfacing of all-weather hockey pitches (Sunday Independent, March 25).
