Recently, on Prime Time, former Energy Minister, Eamonn Ryan, said the proposed grid extensions arose from the need to connect renewable energy — which in Ireland means wind generation — to consuming areas, including the UK.

I am writing this letter to tell the Taoiseach exactly how it would affect me and upset my parents if he doesn’t return my medical card.

I love the term applied to the illicit “top-ups” paid secretly to senior hospital management, namely “compensation”. Would a term like misappropriation not be more fitting?

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his coalition government will, by now, have recovered from the effects of the ‘wallop’ that they received from the electorate on the occasion of the referendum to abolish the Seanad.

I refer to your article announcing “Ireland’s first board game festival”. I fear that your headline claim may be misleading.

The hype at the recent National Media Conference, about a “golden age for radio”, sits uncomfortably with the future for RTÉ Radio 1. The latest Ipso MRBI survey of listenership shows a dramatic shift to local radio among younger people.

Watching the School Choir of the Year Competition, on RTÉ on recent Sunday evenings, has been a joy. The choirs have been of a very high standard.

As a son of someone killed in the Troubles, and as a psychotherapist, I offer my thoughts on ‘historical crimes’.

Des MacHale is right (Letters, Nov 18). A single team could represent Ireland North and South in soccer.

On Sept 28, 1963, I saw, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, President John F Kennedy. At that moment, he became a hero of mine.