Sir, – Midwest Radio is to broadcast a special Mass for good weather (Home News, May 22nd). Are you really telling us that there are people in this country who believe that seeking divine intervention will result in an improvement in their economic situation? That there is a God who believes in providing financial assistance to those who ask her nicely? That She is willing to consider providing such aid selectively, and thereby to give preference to the farming community in Ballyhaunis over say, farmers in drought torn parts of Africa or indeed investors in bankrupt banks?
You also report that there is an appeal for a large attendance at the Mass. Do the promoters also believe there will be some sort of correlation between the attendance level and the scale of the economic assistance that will be delivered?
April 1st has gone. Please let us have some real news. – Yours, etc,
GERRY MOLONEY,
Howth Road, Howth, Dublin 13.