Law they say is sometimes a grey area?

In response to William A. Thomas, and his letter about family values: does he know that marriage is not the property of any Church and it belongs to us all?

Today, we have 4,000 local authority houses lying empty, while the number of families on the waiting lists, and those who are homeless, grows.

When I was growing up, one associated thought crime or Big Brother etc with the Soviet Politburo.

Paul D’alton is wrong to say that older people who are lonely suffer more, emotionally, than anyone else. Chronic loneliness is terrible, whether that person is younger or older, or whether they live in a rural or urban area.

A culture of extreme and unjustified violence, combined with discrimination and racism, seems to be increasing in societies in the Middle East, the West, and in Eastern Europe. 

Is there an airport in Cork? I know the answer to this question as I come from Cork but a foreigner would think there isn’t.

Con Hayes’ defence of Palestinian policies (Letters, Jan 7) cannot go unchallenged.

It is sad to think that Dr. Ali Selim’s attempt to stifle free speech - through threat of legal action against any Irish publication that reprints Charlie Hebdo’s front page depiction of the Prophet Muhammad – can currently be supported by our nation’s laws. 

The horrific murders in Paris must be roundly condemned. It should be possible to criticise and satirise both public figures and ideology without such actions from young men.