Castlepollard comment unfair

I would like to take the Westmeath Examiner to task about a comment in its issue dated September 12 about the single mothers' home in Castlepollard, in which it was referred to as "the notorious single mothers' home". I wonder where your source has been hiding for the past forty years. Several tabloid reporters from both Britain and Ireland visited Castlepollard looking for a negative story about the home over the past number of years but nothing was printed until now.It is well known that the sisters ran an excellent home, fed and cared for the girls, gave them the dignity and respect they deserved in difficult circumstances. It is only fair to defend the nuns who are no longer with us to put the record straight.The Examiner's comment was, to say the least, "notorious".Yours faithfullyPatrick MurrayKinturkCastlepollard