When I attended a memorial ceremony for members of the RIC and DMP in Glasnevin cemetery in 2012 a group of "republican" yahoos attempted to disrupt the event as they shouted and abuse at those present.

Gerry Adams has demolished the nonsense spouted by John Bruton.

Once again fans of actress Maureen O’Hara wish to express a heartfelt and sincere happy birthday to this beloved icon of the silver screen who celebrates her 94th birthday on Sunday.

Robin Williams was 63. I am 63. Words fail me.

It’s Fine Gael and Labour’s turn to buy votes now. And FF thought they were good at it?

Arts Minister Heather Humphreys rightly condemned the shooting of a peregrine falcon in Wexford, stating that it was “intolerable” for wildlife to be persecuted and that it “harmed our reputation as a country that values its wildlife”.

In the opinion section on your paper on August 8, Gerard Howlin writes about Pat Rabbitte’s difficulty coping with being dropped from government. Paudy McMahon wrote a letter rebuffing Gay Byrne who expressed fears about the role of the EU in our lives and Tom Duffy stressed how our government is ramming through its wind energy programme with no regard to the health impact on residents.

Fergus Finlay is very hard on John Bruton, saying the ex-taoiseach cannot continue to ignore the reality of people’s lives. Yes he can. John Bruton is on a state pension of €134,728 per annum.

I refer to the letter writer (Patrick L O’Brien, August 13) favouring the “nuclear option” which is very divisive among environmentalists but scientists argue is necessary.

It has been many months since ISIS first came to notice in the western media when they seized a town in the east of Syria. Since then they have swept across Syria and northern Iraq carrying out a murderous campaign of ethnic cleansing.