So the Government recognises that local authorities have made a dog’s dinner of the supply of domestic water, setting up an autonomous, Irish Water corporation. A poisoned chalice, is it not?

Recent arrests remind us, lest we forget, of the tragic conflict that engulfed the North for three decades. Taoiseach Kenny is correct in reminding us that this story is about a murdered woman and her bereaved orphan children.

I welcome Oisín Sheehan (aged 11) to the debate on why there are so few women in politics (Letters, April 29).

Perhaps the arrest of Gerry Adams in relation to the killing of Jean McConville should highlight the lopsided version of the Troubles as depicted in the mainstream media.

Gerry Adams says he will not disassociate himself from his associates in the IRA.

Should Leaving Certificate higher-level maths merit extra points towards university entry?

Ireland today operates in a highly competitive global market for agricultural produce and we cannot afford to be at any disadvantage. Yet we are one of the few countries to widely cull badgers.

I have just discovered that there is not as much as one biography or autobiography by an Irish sports person available as an audio book.

I have recently been discharged from the Mercy Hospital and I wish to make the following statement: The doctors, nurses, general staff are the most wonderful people to have around in times of sickness or ill health. I was recently in St Catherine’s, wards 4 and 5.

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