I think it’s ludicrous that out Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan has pledged nearly €3 million of taxpayers money towards reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, due to the massive destruction caused during the 50 day war between Israel and Hamas in which 2,145 Palestinian citizens lost their lives.

Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald both emphasised the fact that Máiria Cahill’s allegation of rape against a senior member of the Belfast IRA had been before the courts and the accused had been acquitted. It appears that Ms Cahill withdrew her evidence and the case collapsed.

The proposal to appoint a key figure in the drinks industry to the Board of RTE speaks volumes about our commitment as a nation to tackling the greatest social issue facing our country at this time.

My legal advisor has told me a contract can only legally exist where the terms and conditions and payment rates have been clearly stated in advance of the customer singing the contract.

The hold financiers have on all of us can be viewed as winter arrives with the ‘hunger games’ derived to make a show of hunting ‘little people’.

On a visit to Cork City at the weekend, I was delighted to see the tower cranes in the skyline again. Unfortunately, I was informed they were working on the new prison.

When Daniel Teegan argues Israel is not a democratic state, but a theocratic one, (Irish Examiner, Oct 17) it is clear he does not understand what a theocracy is.

How many TDs will vote on Minister Jan O’Sullivan’s draft bill to to combat discrimination in the admissions policies of fee-paying schools — who have traditionally reserved places for the children of past pupils?

How many TDs will vote on Minister Jan O’Sullivan’s draft bill to to combat discrimination in the admissions policies of fee-paying schools — who have traditionally reserved places for the children of past pupils? 

Declan Kenny may be right or wrong when he says that the proposed Irish post-codes are “a mess that will be foisted upon us” as part of our “less glorified history” of “willful ignorance and incompetence” [Letters, October 17].