In June, 2012, the New York Times reported that arms were being "funnelled" across the Turkish border into Syria in a covert operation aided by CIA officers.

I am in agreement with Donal Kennedy’s letter of June 26 — "Ireland should not honour warmongers", as I believe this to be very true of the First World War celebrations. All of the most advanced and progressive thinkers internationally opposed the First World War bitterly.

According to the principal recommendations in the recently published report on civil service accountability and performance, a newly created position of Head of the Civil Service is set to be created by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to act as guardian of the ethos and values of the system.

When being interviewed by Gay Byrne on The Meaning of Life TV show, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that he viewed God as some kind of almighty impersonal force or energy.

The Government has learned little if it goes ahead with a farcical bank inquiry on the 2008 economic collapse. It happened because of State leaders and the offences committed by the banks.

I congratulate the Irish Examiner for the article of June 3 highlighting the dangers to human health of endocrine disruptive chemicals. However, it’s a pity that the researcher did not mention that fluoride is the one endocrine chemical that the Irish public are exposed to the most, and in far greater concentrations than any other European country.

The recent dispute at a waste collection company highlights the dangers of privatising services that are essential to citizens. Since privatisation, the quality of service has plummeted in some areas and the cost to the consumer has increased.

A member of the Uruguay team described the punishment of teammate Luis Suarez for biting as an "act of barbarity that breaches player’s human rights....".

What a wonderful World Cup.

Adherents of the hypothesis that emissions of CO2 arising from the combustion of fossil fuels will cause catastrophic climate change call those that question their beliefs "climate change deniers" and allege that such "denial" is an example of belief based on faith rather than logic.