I would like to express my serious concern at the news that children may be at risk following the movement of known IRA abusers to the South.

It would be salutory for Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and ex-Government minister, and leader of the now defunct Progressive Democrats, Michael McDowell, to reflect upon the fact that former Taoiseach John Bruton’s, sustained, relentless, and penetrating critique of the “1916 Rising,’’ will not conveniently vanish into the wilderness.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has accused the IRA and Sinn Féin of covering up child sexual abuse and moving those accused of offences from Northern Ireland to the Republic.

I reported the breakdown of my phone line to Eircom on September 11 and an engineer called on September 15, indicating a small dig would take place within days. When nobody appeared, I rang and continued to ring at intervals. 

One of the failings of our systems for recording crime highlighted in the Garda Inspectorate Report (Irish Examiner, November 12) is the failure to accurately reflect levels of racism and hate crime.

Successive governments have made regressive budgetary choices damaging ordinary Irish people. 

In your editorial (Nov 10) the importance of the reunification of Germany, in the context of peace and economic development of Europe was highlighted. 

Your reaction to Fr Gerard Condon (Irish Examiner, November 4) is distorted by confusion in your understanding of religion and faith.

Zoe Lawlor (Irish Examiner, November 13) fails to understand the risk in providing materials to rebuild Gaza.

Every citizen should be entitled to basic amount of water, to wash, to cook, to launder. This should be free. After this, should charges be introduced.