I am loath to get into historical disagreement with a learned professor like Ronan Fanning, but his description of the Home Rule Act, giving self-rule to the island of Ireland, as merely “a fudged compromise” and an illusion, has to be challenged [Opinion, August 16].

Since the story broke of the ebola virus, we’ve all learned it is spread [in part] through close contact with infected bush meat. According to the Born Free Foundation, every year, 7,500 tonnes of bush meat is imported into Britain, often wrapped in plastic and kept in holdalls during flights. How much is coming into Ireland?

Let’s put the achievement of the women’s international rugby team at the World Cup in perspective, shall we?

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

When the economic crisis hit in 2008, the budget of the Department of Social Protection was first in the firing line. Bodies such as IBEC went to war on welfare, claiming the budget was €20bn.

Religion must be scandalising non-believers and believers alike, when they see the atrocities being committed by religious groups that claim the blessings of God.

Your editorial about water charges displays an amazing lack of understanding of how the capitalist system, or the Thatcherite version, operates in this Republic.

In the name of rational commonsense and honesty, what exactly does Niall Horan, of One Direction, mean when he states that the band’s new album will be “more edgy”?

I have some reservations about John Bruton’s favoured location regarding the placement of a statue honouring John Redmond.

Your article on August 7 covering plans for a new shopping centre in Limerick was marred by a common fallacy perpetuated by the media, namely that new retail developments will create permanent jobs.