Madam, - I am glad to see that Breda O'Brien is attempting to strike a balance in the fracas over child abuse.
Having been the recipient of punishment similar to that suffered by the boys at Daingean, and in my own home, not for any crime but for visiting a Quaker friend, I feel sure that there are many who, like myself, assumed such abuse was normal. That includes parents and teachers. - Yours, etc,
CATHERINE LLOYD, Booterstown, Co Dublin.