Madam, - I write with regard to Alan Shatter's desire to see an "urgent" change to the divorce laws. If Mr Shatter and many of his professional colleagues around the country were as concerned about the lot received by men in separation and divorce cases as they appear to be concerned about the lot of women, perhaps Irish society would be fairer.
As it stands, the institution of marriage in Ireland has to be one of the most unpalatable legal contracts for any man to consider. It's a wonder that any man in the current legal climate considers getting married at all. Speaking from both personal experience and those of many other men I have met, never mind anecdotal horror stories, I could not in good conscience recommend the institution of marriage in Ireland to my children, especially my son.. - Yours, etc.,
PETER DOYLE, Beechwood Lawn, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.