Dear Taoiseach Mr Enda Kenny,

An article in one of our national newspapers on Saturday criticised the lack of an equal number of women around the Cabinet table in Government.

Michael Clifford underscores a disquieting trait of our media in ‘All views must be tolerated, even Catholic’ (May 7).

The new Minister for Health, Simon Harris, has called for vested interests in the health system to put aside their egos so that problems can be tackled.

Michael Clifford (Irish Examiner, May 7) is absolutely right about people taking offence (or not ). There is no such thing as a ‘right not to be offended’. And there is certainly no such legal right . That leaves me two paradoxes here.

There is something badly wrong when a Luas driver’s starting salary is almost €36k while skilled gardaí and nurses receive a starting salary of approximately €23k.