Dr Geraldine Mooney-Simmie is not right when she says the bankrupting of this country was of ‘Europe’s making’ and that Trichet’s letter is ‘an issue of human and moral rights’ (Letters, November 14).

In his opinion piece on prostitution (November 11) Mick Wallace claims that the Turn off the Red Light campaign makes a number of false assertions and assumptions. Ironically, it is Mr Wallace who has made a number of ill-informed and misguided assertions and assumptions.

What’s the difference between a neutron and Irish Water? 

It is a pity that the politicians and media seem to have virtually ignored recent developments in the North. 

A billion euro was taken in fish from Irish waters last year, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with 88% of catches taken by foreign vessels. 

Taxpayers are picking up an €800 million tab to plug a hole in the pension funds of University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin in order to comply with a European directive. 

Victoria White (Opinion, November 13) says that the EU should allow Turkey to accede as a member state and that Europe needs Turkey more than Turkey needs Europe.

In reference to Cork woman Donna Hartnett, and the impassioned and compelling letter she wrote: it struck a chord and encapsulated the immense frustrations of ordinary families facing the onslaught of wave, upon wave of taxes and bills.

The Government’s indifference to the wishes of the people embodies an arrogance not seen for quite some time.

The drama series Love/Hate was the latest in a long line of TV dramas to satiate viewers’ appetite for criminal activity.