In 2008 Cork City fathers conferred the Freedom of the City on the late Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

It is unlawful to supply a weapon to another person. Someone can even be complicit in murder if they supply the murder weapon. Why then should these laws not apply to governments supplying arms to terrorists?

With respect to your correspondents (August 16, 2014) who have attacked John Bruton, their approach has been unhistorical wishful-thinking and not an empirical appraisal.

There has been some debate recently in the Irish media in regard to James Connolly’s position when the First World War broke out in Europe. Writing in the Worker’s Republic... published in the first week of the war, he made clear his and the newspaper’s position on the war.

The recently published ESRI report, ‘Leaving School in Ireland: A Study of Post-School Transitions’, highlights the critical importance of the career guidance service in a student’s journey through second-level school and beyond.

Some of your recent letters (‘If HSE struggles with superbugs how could it ever tackle ebola?’) have blurred the realities of the ebola virus disease (EVD).

I write in response to an article in Saturday’s newspaper where abuse survivor, Marie Collins stated the cardinal should have resigned long ago.

Regarding Mary Regan’s article on August 18 (‘Labour bounce could win 20 seats’), as a Labour supporter I am very glad to hear this. After the local elections I thought we were going the way of the PDs and Greens.

“New housing starts at zero and unemployment up 100,000”. This is the headline that your paper may well be printing in the future and I will explain why with a story.

Peace and not war is what we need.