Madam, - As a single woman who has chosen to live alone in a remote and utterly beautiful part of our country I would like to pay tribute to the fact that since moving here I have never felt anything but safe and sound.
Sophie Toscan du Plantier's murder has unfortunately meant that those who don't know Ireland might imagine it is not safe to live in such remote places. They would be wrong. - Yours, etc.,
JEANANNE CROWLEY, Cleggan, Co Galway.