The US Senate report on CIA torture provides shocking confirmation of the extent to which torture was part and parcel of how the CIA operated for many years.

Regarding the Government’s intention to criminalise the purchase of sex but not its sale, has any thought has been given to the outcomes from making the transaction a criminal offence for one party but not other.

I live in a modest three bedroom home just a couple of miles from where I was born and raised. That happens to be in the area of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown. For that privilege, I must pay €497 in property tax — a figure that will no doubt increase. 

Each year, as the clocks go back at the end of October, there are some who say we should drop daylight saving or that we should align with mainland Europe (CET). 

The greyhound industry has a serious PR problem, but it was never without its critics. Brendan Behan made reference to it in Confessions of an Irish Rebel: “Track racing is too dull and coursing is too cruel. 

The Irish Defence Forces have 442 soldiers serving overseas in 14 missions with the UN, EU, OSCE and Nato. 

RTÉ has plenty of broadcasting talent whose pay is not so exorbitant as to make headline news. But RTÉ intends to recruit broadcaster Ray D’Arcy for €500,000 a year.

This month, Jonathan Corrie was found dead in an office block doorway on Molesworth Street.

Recently, I alerted people to the existence of the Irish exemption from the EU requirement to charge for domestic water. 

Your editorial of Friday, November 28, was responsible, but unpalatable for those with interests in beef or dairy-based agriculture.