Fianna Fáil created the most corrupt and long-lasting system of crony clientele politics seen in Europe since the Second World War.

Michael Clifford (Opinion, March 24) goes for the ‘gubu-lar’ as he resurrects with relish the old-chestnut acronym Gubu

Late last year we were threatened with a winter of cold and darkness by well-paid ESB staff who are lucky enough to be in a job that pays three times, and more, my OAP of €230.

Perhaps the time is now right for the Government to appoint a Garda Commissioner from outside the Force.

Just over three years ago, Enda Kenny hailed the start of a new era in Irish politics that promised to sweep away the cronyism and hubris of the previous administration.

The pension debacle at Aer Lingus rumbles on. However, this saga has taken a new twist that has far reaching ramifications for the trade union movement that will threaten their relevance.

In the midst of the various changes taking place in the Junior Cert, (it is proposed that teachers mark their own students exams) may I identify a particular change which has not received much attention — the role of the State Examination Board and students who have obtained results in the top 2%-5%.

When the former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan described statements made during the whistleblower controversy as “disgusting”, it brought an episode of the comedy show Fawlty Towers to mind.

The Central Bank of England and the German Central Bank have both said that debt is not loaned by commercial banks but is created ‘out of thin air’.

Well done, Cork City Council, in purchasing the former Cork Savings Bank H/Q, at No 1 Lapps Quay.