According to Shaun Connolly (‘Pro-choice side must be proactive ahead of campaign’ Irish Examiner, October 31) Repeal of the eighth will only pass if there is a clear outline of the structures and time limits for terminations in Ireland.

Do you ever wake up and feel as though you are in cuckoo land or worse still in Disneyland?

The recent media coverage highlighting the claims that processed meats such as bacon and ham are harmful for the body and can cause cancer is not entirely new, considering that God in the Bible warned in the book of Leviticus not to eat these foods.

The sudden decision by Obama to send special forces to Syria ‘to combat ISIS’ is fooling no one. For well over a year ISIS seem to have been able to act with impunity while the US seemed ‘unable’ to stop their progress or intervene.

The UN special reprehensive for international migration, Peter Sutherland, says “sovereignty is an absolute illusion that has to be put behind us. The days of hiding behind borders and fences has long gone.”

I have just returned from two weeks in the Bethlehem area of the Palestinian West Bank, where I travelled as part of a fact finding tour with the YMCA.