In view of the events of the last few days, with the killing of satirists (and others) in Paris, I watched Prime Time and the interview with an Iman from London. I was very sad to see how that interview was conducted.

I am delighted that the charismatic Eamon Ryan will continue as trainer of the Cork ladies’ senior football team.

The RTÉ drama, Charlie, was entertaining, if more Callan’s Kicks than history. Despite its portrayal of Mr Haughey as venal, shallow and one-dimensional, many of the incidents seem based on truth.

In yet another spiteful act, Israel has delayed the transfer of €104m in monthly taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinians.

I can’t help but wonder if Lucinda Creighton will have missed the boat in launching a new political party within the next eight weeks, or was that the launch last week? I’m not too sure.

Last week, women celebrated Nollaig na mBan, or Women’s Little Christmas, a day when Mná na hÉireann take a well-earned rest and let the men take over the housework.

Your editorial (Irish Examiner, January 5) castigates Israel’s action in delaying the monthly transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, on whose behalf it collects them, as a “bid to make life even more miserable for the people of Palestine”.

Miriam alone makes licence fee worth paying

Oil prices cannot remain at their current low. Oil is a Western weapon being used to force Moscow to rethink its strategy in Ukraine.

It is shocking and unacceptable that elderly patients are kept waiting in chairs in Accident & Emergency wards for lengths of time that are equivalent to multiple working days.