Mr Mulvany’s campaign, which Sean O’Riordan reports on, (‘Global support to honour Irish Navy veterans’, August 26) is another thinly disguised attempt to compromise Ireland’s long established and most successful national defence policy, by highlighting “global support” for the recognition of the heroic action of our sailors on LÉ Clíona all those years ago.

I’m still trying to figure out the point your correspondent, Martin Collins, was attempting to make by comparing the various qualities of two quite different field sports from his anecdotal observation of two particular games. (Letters 22 August).

Alan Kelly claimed that anyone who registered for the so-called “Water Conservation Grant” without paying Irish Water would be “pulling a fast one”. This outrageous slander is despite the grant being a legal entitlement.

A good domestic rainwater harvesting system can be bought for less than the €100 grant and still leave a few euro for a modest celebratory drink of Uisce Beatha to toast all those who both pay for and conserve their water. Sláinte!

As a former member of An Garda Siochana I am sad to see the present Garda Commissioner being praised by Sinn Fein, after she made a statement appearing to defend Gerry Adams’ denial of involvement by the Provisional IRA in the murder of Kevin McGuigan.

Deputy Joanna Tuffy claimed that two of the country’s leading homeless charities - Focus Ireland and the Peter McVerry Trust - were not doing enough to tackle the homeless crisis.

“Investing in our Transport Future – A Strategic Investment Framework for Land Transport” is the title of a major policy document just published by the Minister of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the reading of which for me ‘as a road freight operator, raises major questions.

If the Provisional IRA is still intact, then Sinn Féin must be excluded from power. Even after the 1994 ceasefire, the IRA has been linked to intimidation, extortion, robbery, and sectarianism.

In Weekend Sport (Saturday, August 22), your picture caption states, “Tommy Griffin blocks down Colm O’Neill’s effort for a point”. The picture shows him pawing O’Neill in the face, an action which could do serious eye damage.

It’s 30 years since Scottish researchers contrasted the chances of Catholic schoolboys continuing to practise their religion after leaving school, by type of secondary school.