Perhaps a few may be interested in a quick update from the spiritual bunker from which I wrote to the Holy Father (Irish Examiner, June 15).

So, M Jean-Claude Juncker feels betrayed by the people of Greece — poor M Juncker!

At a demonstration in London, Martin McGuinness branded David Cameron’s government as a “cabinet of millionaire spongers”

How to defuse the Brexit/Grexit problem?

John A Murphy is not quite correct in his letter (Irish Examiner, June 26) about Thomas Kent.

For the fourth year in a row, the Medical Council is attempting to increase the annual registration fee for doctors in Ireland. This latest increase will mean that doctors will have to pay €605 per annum — up 23% since 2012.

It’s Sunday evening. I’m listening to RTÉ’s Marty Morrissy on the radio interviewing a member of the victorious Westmeath team.

Our deepest sympathy must go the families and friends of the three Irish citizens, Laurence and Martina Hayes, and Lorna Carty, who were murdered in Sousse, Tunisia, last week. Nothing ever justifies murder, and nothing ever justifies mass-murder.

In recent days, Daniel Teegan, Charlie Murphy and Charles Hayes, in the letters page of the Irish Examiner, have articulated their hatred and disdain for the Israeli state and its citizens.

This time of year the county councils in Ireland elect their new mayors. For one year sadly, the ordinary citizens are not allowed to vote for the first citizen as this is a closed shop, as only county councillors are let vote. This is cronyism and undemocratic.