Wind Aware Ireland will no longer engage in meaningless discussions with the Labour Party, who appear to be working in the interests of wind-farm developers instead of the Irish people.

Mr Denis O’Brien’s legal action against members of the Dáil’s Committee on Procedures and Privilege does send a shiver down the spine of anybody who cherishes democracy.

The use by developer Johnny Ronan of the term ‘arbeit macht frei’ (work sets you free), in his submission to the banking inquiry, is not merely crass, but culturally offensive to Ireland’s small Jewish community (Irish Examiner, 25, September).

According to Michelle Moshelian (Letters, September 23rd) UNRWA and Arab states are guilty of not helping Palestinians ‘lose’ their refugee status.

We in Ireland rightly take pride in our healthy debate culture, the noble tradition of popular participation in politics and community activism from which many of the improvements to this country have emerged.

One reason that the law insists that certain documents should be written in Irish as well as in English is a response to the desire of the Irish people that the Irish language be used as widely as possible.

I see that Victoria White and your newspaper (Irish Examiner, September 24), condone carelessness in the application of the law, in their effort to attack the right of the people of Ireland to retain their bilingual status.

A new series of The Meaning of Life is about to be screened on RTÉ, which can mean only one thing — a succession of anti-Catholic bigots will be given permission to display their ignorance of the religion they dismiss.

Isn’t karma a funny thing? For the last few years the people of Greece have had to endure insufferably patronising moral lectures from Germany about how dysfunctional Greece is and if only it was more like Germany, life for Greeks would be so much better.

Your recent focus on complementary approaches to mental health is to be commended. One important variable that is often overlooked is maintaining a healthy lifestyle in terms of food, exercise and sleep.