Madam, - So Ireland's pig industry is in crisis. Having seen the shocking TV pictures of sows tethered and constrained in small cages without bedding and denied contact with their offspring, and the appalling crowding of young pigs, I very much hope that those responsible disappear without trace as soon as possible. I will never again buy factory pig meat. - Yours, etc,
PETER COOGAN, Temple Manor, Celbridge, Co Kildare.