Why are there so many teachers in politics? Aren’t they better paid than most teachers across the EU? There seems to be a lot of them in Government. Even our Taoiseach is a teacher.

Watching the All-Island School Choir Competition for the last few Sunday evenings on RTÉ has been an absolute joy.

Agriculture in Ireland is responsible for 32% of CO2 emissions, which is set to increase by a further 9% by 2020 as a result of the milk quota being abolished in 2015 and an increase of dairy cow numbers.

This letter is in response to last week’s Ear to the Ground programme aired on RTÉ.

During the Dáil debate last week on the treatment of Maíria Cahill, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny stated that all allegations of sexual abuse should be examined thoroughly.

What’s the difference between Mary Lou and Joan? 

Irish Water is a political scam gone wrong. It’s not about conservation if it was it would have tackled the water wastage. I

It’s significant that Zoe Lawlor (Letters, Nov 13) doesn’t challenge the points I made regarding corruption in Hamas.

1. I don’t understand the waste of time about the PPS numbers and Irish Water. Wouldn’t it have been simple to build into the application contract a part which says “in the event of privatisation, PPS numbers will not form part of any sale”?

There are few recent policy statements as chilling or as objectionable as last month’s declaration from the British Foreign Office that the UK will no longer support search-and-rescue operations to prevent impoverished African migrants drowning in the Mediterranean.