Sir, – Let’s not worry about the job prospects of members of the Irish Defence Forces who are convicted of violent offences (“Defence Forces review serving personnel with convictions for gender-based violence”, News, June 25th). Surely such a conviction would work as a reference for employment with the Wagner Group? – Yours, etc,
CATHERINE O’FLYNN,
Dublin 7.
Sir, – Please stop using the term “gender-based violence” and call it what it is: male violence against women and girls. – Yours, etc,
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E BOLGER,
Dublin 9.
Sir, – Fintan O’Toole’s analysis of our judicial system’s lenient treatment of violent men is as powerful a piece of writing as I have seen in The Irish Times in a long time (“Cathal Crotty’s suspended sentence another example of how judicial system is failing women”, Opinion & Analysis, June 25th).
This article should be mandatory reading for every politician and member of the judiciary in the country. – Yours, etc,
FRANK E BANNISTER,
Dublin 4.