A chara, - Could a member of the meat-eating public please explain the difference between culling thousands of animals to curb foot-and-mouth and the inhumane slaughter of same for consumption by the masses? I find the widespread outcry about this to be a prime example of the double standards which have become a way of life in modern Ireland. - Yours, etc.,
Annette Lombard, Park Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.