Madam, - I refer to my letter of April 17th. It was never my intention to cause offence to the Muslim and Hindu communities and I am sorry that this has happened.
I support all efforts to reconcile different religious groups: under my leadership a service has been held in St Patrick's Cathedral in which Muslims and Hindus were among the participants.
I look forward to further discussions about the purpose of religious education and indeed other topics with the Muslim, Hindu and other faith communities. - Yours, etc,
ROBERT MacCARTHY,
Dean of St Patrick's,
Upper Kevin Street,
Dublin 8.