Sir, – Let us not get self-congratulatory that we are not now what we were then, in relation to the Tuam babies and so many other situations. Some issues in the current reality of Ireland still haunt and disturb our consciences and will not go away: homelessness and direct provision for asylum seekers and refugees.
It’s easy to point the finger of judgment and say, self-righteously, “we would never do that”. Our current national reality of homelessness and direct provision for asylum seekers should shock us and stimulate us similarly. Does anybody wonder why we are not so incensed about those issues? In another 50 years, what will society say about us? – Yours, etc,
LOUISE O’SULLIVAN,
Sundrive Road,
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Crumlin, Dublin 12.