I hope, when the refugees are being divvied up in Ireland, that the stretch of north-west Mayo along the Wild Atlantic Way, from Ballycastle to Bangor Erris, is not forgotten, as is usually the case.

Listening to Morning Ireland (August 8), I couldn’t help but think: is it the role of an RTÉ journalist to abruptly interrupt the leader of the SDLP and tell (note: not ask) him that “the PSNI say that the Republican Movement are totally committed to peace” when he was trying to provide local knowledge that it is not?

The migrants coming to Europe need help in their own countries, but flooding our countries is not the answer.

It seems, from comments in the media, that many people do not differentiate between those fleeing their country in fear of their lives, from the horrors of war and genocide, and those who just want a better quality of life.

As a graduate who has been unemployed for over two and a half years, I think It’s great to see developments like One Albert Quay being constructed in Cork.

At a time when public opinion is “driving” politicians to make decisions in relation to refugees/asylum seekers/migrants - we have a situation here where an elderly man has been on a hospital trolley for five days awaiting a bed.

While much useful work has been carried out by the Cork Local Government Committee, the report itself is disappointing.

While I welcome the bailout of €500m for farmers, what about our fishing industry, which is in slow decline and does not have a level playing field, because of foreign boats?

The unfolding refugee crisis is become the biggest humanitarian tragedy in Europe since the Yugoslav wars.

Worldwide there are now nearly 60 million refugees and people displaced by conflict and violence fleeing for their lives – most of them towards Europe.