Sir, - Perhaps it would be appropriate for the Pope to offer a Te Deum in St Peter's to give thanks for the successful conclusions of the peace talks. This might go some way to compensate for the inappropriate Te Deum offered by his predecessor some 308 years ago to celebrate the victory of Prince William of Orange at the battle of the Boyne. I wonder did it seem equally bizarre then as today to both Catholics and Protestants, despite European alliances. - Yours, etc.,
Bill Linehan MD
College Park, Castleknock, Dublin 15.