I have managed a fishery in Ballyduff Upper on the Blackwater River for the past 10 years. My records show a dramatic decline in salmon returning to the system — in fact a 60% drop in the last five years.

The recent slaughter of holidaymakers on an idyllic Tunisian beach sent shockwaves of revulsion throughout the world. 

Daniel Teegan’s brief account of the birth of Israel is, at best, blinkered, biased and incomplete.

Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has now spent three years in the embassy of Ecuador, London.

I was to express deep misgivings and concerns of the majority of anglers in the Blackwater Valley have regarding the future of the river as a salmon river.

It is good to see the Greece giving its population of almost 11 million the opportunity to vote on whether they wish to accept further austerity measures as part of the bailout. They obviously believe the people must have a say. They are sharing the decision, because it will be the people who will live with the outcome.

James Gleeson (Letters 2 July) refers to “starving migrants “ from Africa trying to reach Europe.

I wish to thank you for the article in your paper about Coffee. “Smell The coffee” (Irish Examiner, 26 June). It was interesting and helpful, but with regard to the smell, incomplete.

Recent articles by Shaun Connolly and Alison O’Connor regarding the scrapping of Lone Parents’ Allowance were admirable, points pertaining to this latest attack on vulnerable people by “Cruella” and the Labour Party were well made.

Before the Great Famine, the population of Ireland was approximately 8.2m people. Mass starvation caused a death toll of close to one million people and another one million were forced to emigrate to the US, Canada and Great Britain.