Sir, - Both in the course of my own work and in a personal capacity I have followed the development of Trocaire's profile and work and their concern with realistic project support as well as donor education, often in the face of apparently insurmountable difficulties.They have recognised the need to move into the 20th century and to use the tools of this century to address human misery, need and political exploitation in what I deem to be an appropriate fashion in keeping with their mandate and responsibility as a Catholic agency for world development. Politics is, I believe, something we should all do more of at home and abroad. I disagree with Eadaoin Ni Chuill (May 6th) and the impression shecreates of political involvement in this context as something negative and subversive that somehow taints the integrity of those involved in it.For funding to reach source, the reality is that it is often now necessary to negotiate with regimes that are often responsible for the maintenance of the human misery that Trocaire and others seek to alleviate. I believe Trocaire would fail in its Christian responsibility if it failed to take the appropriate steps in the political arena to understand and deal with the source of the problem as well as delivering resources.I, for one, with I hope many others, will continue to do my small part to ensure that Justin Kilcullen and the field staff of Trocaire will always have something to give.
Trocaire will be something we cannot do without until it has no further role. - Yours, etc.,Margaret Agnew,New Cabra Road,Phibsborough,Dublin 7.
