Sir, - May I add my pennyworth to Mr Tony Forde's letter of February 6th, where he notes the supplanting of Christian Ireland by the Celtic Tiger? Living in an extremely secular country, which has an absolute separation of Church and State, for over 20 years, I can guarantee that I have experienced more Christianity or Christ-like qualities in its capital city than I did when I visited Dublin last year. You do not need to be either "vulnerable or marginalised" to risk being "devoured". The gratuitous aggression I encountered in my native city shocked me to the core. - Yours, etc.,Mary O'Donoghue Berg, Paris, France.