The line that “hundreds of estates with sub-standard water and sewerage schemes have been left in limbo because Irish Water will not let Cork County Council take charge of their services” needs to be challenged.

I was one of the lucky people who spent a magical day at TEDx in Clonakilty on Saturday, an event brilliantly organised by Lisa Brinkmann and her team. 

In yet another rant, Anthony Leavy (Irish Examiner, Letters, 29 October) says the media is not condemning the “mobs who do not want to pay for anything”.

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine and the Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, have expressed concerns about the Government’s preparedness for any ebola cases. 

I’m writing in response to your piece published with the dramatic and somewhat threatening headline, ‘Get help before you do something to cause great pain to your family’ (Irish Examiner, 29 October)

Please allow me to acknowledge the tremendous achievement, both on and off the field, by Cork City FC. 

This Government has spent millions on Irish Water — an estimated €180 million on setting it up; €50m on “consultants” and even another €55,000 on a gym for staff — and one of the reasons offered for all of this is that the company and the revenue it gets from taxpayers is necessary to fix the leaking pipes which carry the water.

We are in a brief hiatus in the negotiations between the EU and US on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). 

Simon O’Connor is just another in the long list of commentators who says the Irish people are paying twice over for water ( Letters, October 28).

I am all in favour of the “Responsible Serving of Alcohol Programme” which on the surface seems like a very good idea, having been endorsed by among others the Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) and the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF).