On December 2013 An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, made his public announcement that we as a nation were now out of debt, but still had a long way to go due to three years of scrimping budget cuts and much tightening of belts.

Like many people, I have donated modest sums of money to charities over the years.

The reaction of Garda Commissioner Callinan and Justice Minister Shatter to the GSOC bugging suspicions brought no credit to either of them.

I was travelling last Wednesday when Hurricane Darwin swept in over the west coast.

Pope Francis is radical in his own lifestyle, but does not challenge Vatican structures.

Is it true that Ger Loughnane has proposed the Offaly players as team leaders for the next round of Operation Transformation?

There was once a country called Ireland, known as the Emerald Isle.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore’s laborious party address was embarrassing.

So, tax rebates are promised, which will not affect Government expenditure or borrowing, and can ‘reliably’ be predicated on uncertain growth figures.

In relation to the letter in the Irish Examiner (February 18), which stated that homeless people must produce receipts for two nights’ hostel accommodation in order to get welfare payments, this is not correct.