Sir, – I don't suppose the "Repeal the Eighth" mural at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin was "taxpayer-funded" in the same way a mural at the Department of Health would be. But the whole saga is an amusing echo, just the same, of a line from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: "I'll pay your dues, father, when you cease turning the house of God into a polling booth."
– Yours, etc,
PATRICK FITZGERALD
Cabinteely,
Dublin 18.
Sir, – In reference to Jim Stack's assertion that "these people . . . should know instinctively that balance and fairness are part of their job description" (Letters, 27th July), maybe "these people" know instinctively that equating the life of a woman to that of an embryo is unbalanced and unfair.
– Yours, etc,
JENNY KEENAN
Drumcondra,
Dublin 9.
Sir, – What’s more off the wall – removing a “Repeal the Eighth” mural or removing freedom of expression by artists in a democracy?
– Yours, etc,
DONIE O’SHEA
Sardinia,
Italy.
Sir, – Your reproduction of the offending mural [in a news report] was a cynical move and shows unbelievable bias.
It is beneath your paper to behave in the same manner as the Project Arts Centre.
– Yours, etc,
Pastor PAUL CARLEY
Celbridge
Co Kildare.