In relation to the article on the record and performance of GoSafe speed detection units by Gordon Deegan (Irish Examiner, February 24), the statistics quoted may be incorrect.

It’s nice, once in a while, to compliment the Government, this time for rejecting the sale of Aer Lingus. Selling would be retrograde, similar to casting a salmon to catch a trout.

I object to the selection of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the Tipperary International Peace Prize. It is untimely and misplaced.

Homelessness is becoming a major problem in our towns and cities.

I was appalled to read your feature on ‘How to find a great au pair’ (Helen O’Callaghan, February 25). 

It is no surprise to find that the Centre for Health Services, University of Kent, in a current study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, found a clear association between communities with artificial fluoridation of drinking water in the UK and thyroid dysfunction.

Seachtain na Gaeilge is nigh and I always love to pay homage to one of our greatest writers by hosting and attending events centred around the life and works of Sean Pádraig Ó Ríordán, a native of Ballyvourney but who lived in Inniscarra from the age of 15.

The latest example of a rise in anti-Semitic practice occurred on the London Underground, as so-called West Ham United fans chanted ‘a vile anti-Semitic song’ on their way to play Tottenham Hotspur, a north London club closely linked to the Jewish community (Irish Examiner, February 24).

The US has developed a way to embed sophisticated hacking tools within the hard drives of personal computers built by some of the worlds bigger manufacturers, according to research based in Russia.

I refer to the Supreme Court’s decision regarding a Traveller family that challenged a Christian Brothers’ school in Clonmel for refusing to allow their child to enrol.