Sir, - I listened with amazement to the reported remarks of Fr James Duffy on the subject of Sonia O'Sullivan. Unlike Fr Duffy, I can think of no better role model for young Irish women than the wonderful Sonia O'Sullivan - the picture of health, happiness, success and achievement.
Conversely, I can think of no less appropriate role model for young Irish men than the crusty, uncaring, misogynistic, aged celibates of today's Catholic Church. Maybe Fr Duffy could take a leaf from Sonia's book by recognising the immensely positive values of motherhood and happiness. What was it about "looking for the beam in thine own eye"? - Yours, etc., Dara Hogan,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.