A chara, – A married couple in their thirties with one child, currently living on state benefits in state-sponsored social housing, express a desire to get paid employment, become financially independent and buy a home of their own.
Their family is very disappointed with them and horrified at the idea. – Is mise,
F NAUGHTON,
Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.
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Sir, – What intrigues me is the difficulty people have in making sense of the idea of God, while having no difficulty in believing that, through the man-made rules of inheritance, one family is supported in a life of luxury and sustained by the worship of the faithful.
Harry and Meghan have seen beyond the sometimes silly pomp and ceremony to the life of a young couple who want to be liberated from the practices and power thrust upon them.
Good luck to them! – Yours, etc,
PHILIP O’NEILL,
Oxford, England.
Sir, – Perhaps you could issue a commemorative plate. Or just stop covering this nonsense. – Yours, etc,
D MURPHY,
Dublin 8.