Despite the western world being under attack from ISIS and other Islamist/jihadist groups, the greatest threat to our survival comes from within. 

It seems that the legal profession is set to continue on its expensive merry way despite calls from the Troika and the Competition Authority to overhaul legal practices here.

Removing the barriers which are currently stopping thousands of children with a disability from accessing early years care and education was one of the more progressive announcements in Budget 2016.

We are fast approaching the festive season. I am appealing to people to shop local where they can this Christmas. 

I went to the cinema last Sunday after an absence of two years.

I read in the Irish Examiner that the champion of the anti-austerity, anti-water rates and anti-everything campaigns, Paul Murphy has done a U-turn and paid up €1,150 including penalties — that’s a good little boy, Paul.

This letter is in response to the letter from Gerard X of the Pelagic Freezer Trawler Association (Irish Examiner, 17 November).