On the face of it, prima facia, the anti-austerity alliance protesters charged with “false imprisonment” of An Tánaiste and her assistant should be found not guilty for several reasons.

It is reported that up to 85 Sharia Courts are “operating” in the UK. Marchteld Zee, a Dutch academic, interviewed a variety of sharia ‘experts’ and Islamic Judges (quads).

Once again the question of dress code in our courts has arisen.

In viewing the floods and in reading about them, one could be forgiven for thinking: ‘what have we been doing’?

I must protest that your statement in a recent editorial, that an appointment is required to inspect a farmyard, (Irish Examiner, December 9) is incorrect.