Sir, - Dr Desmond Connell's questioning of the theological competence of his Church of Ireland counterpart during his interview for The Irish Soul: In Dialogue has received many column inches in The Irish Times, including Editorials, front-page coverage, opinion pieces and letters. All the more surprising, then, that Senator David Norris's personalised attack on Pope John Paul II as "an instrument of evil", in the exact same book of interviews, has received absolutely no coverage.
I am not sure which is the more alarming - Senator Norris's "tolerance" or The Irish Times's "pluralism" in failing to report it. It appears that, in religious matters, double standards reign in D'Olier Street. - Yours, etc.,
Niamh Roche, Kill Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.