• IVOR Kenna says there are no grounds for having a border in one-nation Ireland (Letters, December 15). To me this is a very simplistic view.

The fact is there are two major religions in Ireland, leading to divided loyalties with the Protestants preferring to stick with the Crown. As someone born here of parents from the Republic I do not blame them.

By the way, Ireland is not unique in being divided on religious lines. The same happened in 1947 when the nation of India was split. Basically, Hindus predominated in India with the Muslims ending up in newly-formed Pakistan.

What I find disturbing in Mr Kenna’s letter is his derogatory remark about the DUP representing “a particular school of Bible-bashers”.

What is wrong with people reading the Bible? Would he have dared refer to Muslims as “Koran bashers”?

I don’t think so.

PATRICK BURKE
Barbican, EC2