Luther and the pundits

Sir, – Derek Scally (“How clueless Irish pundits misrepresented Germany”, Opinion & Analysis, September 16th) writes that “trying to win over Germans to your economic thinking . . . is like trying to convince Martin Luther about the virgin birth during the Reformation”. Luther was always a believer in the virgin birth. – Yours, etc,

CIARÁN CONNOLLY,

St Assam’s Avenue,

Raheny,

Dublin 5.