Sir, - Mr Kerins (November 20th), expresses a very selective reading of events in the North. Firstly, what he calls nationalist gerrymandering in 2001 involves a neutral political party redesignating itself as unionist (as it is entitled to do) to secure the election of a unionist First Minister who offers the best chance for the peace process.
Secondly, his comparisons between the situations of the Garvaghy Road and Holy Cross is sickening. One involves an organisation of racists and bigots, a group entrenched in the North's shameful past, declaring their "right" to march through a Catholic area in celebration of Protestantism's supremacy on the field of battle hundreds of years ago. The other involves young Catholic schoolgirls, a group essential to the North's hopeful future, being terrorised and abused on their way to school.
Mr Kerins asks if he is missing something? My answer is yes, a sense of perspective. - Yours, etc.,
Shane McDermott, Celbridge, Co Kildare.