Minister for Justice Alan Shatter is a person I find to be supercilious in manner and grating to listen to, and recent political controversies didn’t do much to ingratiate him to our citizens.

Once in a while you read an article that makes you wonder if it’s meant to be taken as a joke or not.

Your article ‘Simon Coveney: Weather delayed collection of fish’ highlights the culture of obstruction, denial and disdain that Government authorities display when any organisation questions their ‘voice of authority’.

I have returned to Ireland having spent 32 years living and working abroad.

As time goes by and one has time to reflect, what seemed like an unsurmountable problem turns out to be just a molehill, but sometimes to your chagrin, the reverse can occur.

April 2014 is a very special time for the Irish people, but particularly the people of Clontarf, as it is the celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of The Battle of Clontarf.

So this Minister (een) is interested in Sport, with a capital “S”.

So, Stoke City footballer, Stephen Ireland, is being considered for a return to the Ireland international team.

I received a kidney transplant just before Christmas 2013. I am writing to describe the effect it has on my life.

Lately we have heard much about democracy and the rights of people to express themselves, mainly from the US government.