Sir, - I was angered and outraged at the insensitive and insulting words of Dr Connell concerning the "planned child". However, I must confess to experiencing a feeling of calm reassurance as I watched the faintly ridiculous antics of Fr David O'Hanlon on the Late Late Show as he attempted to defend the indefensible.
The truth is that these gentlemen, for all their learning and superiority, are about as relevant to the lives of real people as the dodo, and I predict a similar fate for their philosophy. - Yours, etc.,
Maurice O'Connor, Mill Road, Colpe, Drogheda.