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Spare the salacious detail and think of family

Spare the salacious detail and think of family

The weekend before last human remains were found in a suitcase in the Grand Canal. The victim suffered a horrific, violent death. Since then the gruesome details have not been spared across the media.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2016

To pay working mothers is surely unconstitutional

To pay working mothers is surely unconstitutional

Stay-at-home mothers must be thoroughly disgusted at Labour’s latest attempt at auction politics — their new childcare plan.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Is now the time to move on creating a British and Irish league?

Is now the time to move on creating a British and Irish league?

Is it time for the IRFU to step outside their local power zone and make a few bold business decisions for the future of the professional players under their control?

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Collins and Dev would have stood up to EU

Collins and Dev would have stood up to EU

The Government is going into overdrive to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. But one is tempted to ask what have we to celebrate?

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

We should not allow the merging of the IT sector without full debate

We should not allow the merging of the IT sector without full debate

The Technological Universities Bill before the Oireachtas contains adverse implications for third level education. 

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Bishop: Publicans do well from Christian feasts

Bishop: Publicans do well from Christian feasts

In recent days it has been claimed the ban on the sale of alcohol on Good Friday is “archaic” and “discriminatory” and causes a loss of income to the pub trade especially during this year when the 2016 celebrations will be particularly intense around Easter.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Yes, psychiatrists still hold sway in the usage of ECT

Yes, psychiatrists still hold sway in the usage of ECT

On behalf of humans everywhere, thank you for printing a letter on Wednesday about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Sat, 23 Jan, 2016

Questioning of young Muslim schoolboy shows how trust has collapsed

Questioning of young Muslim schoolboy shows how trust has collapsed

If it wasn’t so sad it would be funny. A young Muslim boy was questioned by police after inadvertently writing ‘terrorist house’ instead of ‘terraced house’ in his school English class.

Sat, 23 Jan, 2016

Munster rugby must not return to the parish pump politics of yore

Munster rugby must not return to the parish pump politics of yore

I take grave exception to the depiction of Limerick as being an outback on the western fringes of the Munster rugby catchment area by Michael Moynihan in the Irish Examiner, (January 16).

Sat, 23 Jan, 2016

Renua should seek to cut all salaries, not just some

Renua should seek to cut all salaries, not just some

Further to Michael Gleeson’s letter on Lucinda Creighton and Paul Bradford (Irish Examiner, February 20) I note, in their manifesto, Renua’s plan to cut public sector salaries, presumably in the best interests of the taxpayer.

Sat, 23 Jan, 2016