“Do they think we are stupid?”

Enda Kenny may have the full confidence of Cabinet but does he have the confidence of the rest of us? I doubt it. Any halfway logical person would accept that ex-Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was being told to fall on his sword.

Having lived in Pakistan I can state the actions of a mature PhD student in hugging a female student at UCC as “thank you” is something that would be completely unacceptable in his own culture (Irish Examiner, ‘Judge rules that student’s ‘thank you’ hug was sexual assault). 

I am paying for my water — so far anyway.

Regarding RTÉ’s programme, Recruits — there is absolutely nothing brave, manly or courageous about bad language.

In July, the Irish Examiner reported that 1.3m households had registered with Irish Water.

While I always enjoyed the hurling column of Tony Considine over the years I have to say that he went way over the top in his analysis of last Sundays hurling All-Ireland between Kilkenny and Galway (Irish Examiner September 8)

The 2011 census revealed we have 289, 451 vacant properties and of these 59,395 were classed as holiday homes.

It is nothing short of a scandal that the HSE continues to ignore the pleas of Irish parents whose daughters suffered horrific side effects following vaccination with Gardasil, the vaccine the HSE claims is proven to protect against HPV related cervical cancer.

Ecologists concerned about Disney filming on Sceilig Mhichil shouldn’t take too much comfort from the announcement that National Parks and Wildlife Service staff will monitor the operation.