I am presently a patient in Cork University Hospital. I have received excellent care and treatment from an overworked staff which is mostly the result of absenteeism.

For a long number of years, I have been an active campaigner for prisoners’ rights and the need for appropriate rehabilitation projects to help reconstruct their lives and those of their families.

The Irish people do not understand English, the reason is it is not our language passed from generation to generation.

It was great to see Cork GAA organise, promote and deliver its first workshop on creating a healthy club off the pitch. It is a widely misconceived notion that the GAA is a sports organisation but it is actually a community organisation, the country’s largest may I add, hence the importance of holding such an event.

The review of Channel 4’s new television programme SAS Who Dares Wins which was carried on your website on Wednesday, October 19, appears to be completely oblivious to the fact that this is a so-called “game show” based around a regiment of the British army that is responsible for the deaths of Irish citizens.

Congratulations and thanks to Dr Tom Butler (Analysis, October 19) for his very informative and important article about the dire educational consequences of letting students study via electronic devices.