Sir, – I refer to Sinéad O'Loghlin's letter (February 15th). I am a woman who puts pen to paper in order to shape public discourse. Can you hear my voice? – Yours, etc,
EVE PARNELL,
Dublin 8.
A chara, – Sinéad O’Loghlin took the words out of my mouth. Her point about the great majority of published contributors to your Letters page being male had struck me very forcibly in recent months. For my own amusement, I have been keeping a running check on letters published. From February 3rd to February 15th, inclusive, a total of 196 letters have appeared. Five signatories might have been either gender; of the other 191 letters, 155 (over 81 per cent) were from men and 36 (under 19 per cent) from women.
Do these figures really reflect the contributions received? If so, I can only echo Ms O’Loghlin’s appeal to women to get writing. – Is mise,
COLETTE
NÍ MHOITLEIGH,
Baile Átha Cliath 6.
Sir, – My conscience is clear. – Yours, etc,
MAEVE KENNEDY,
Rathgar, Dublin 6.