“It’s ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol.

If an idea goes unchallenged, it eventually becomes accepted as fact, even if there’s no evidence to support the idea being pushed.

Is it not ironic that a journalist has received an award for leaking tape recordings of what was going on in the financial institutions during the Celtic Tiger?

I agree with the main point in Gordon Cunningham’s letter (Nov 8) that Ireland should not be donating large amounts of money to countries that are misusing this money.

I refer to the recent article relating to taxi drivers’ rights written by Paul Mills concerning defined pension schemes enjoyed by particular sections of society.

Why is that I’m not surprised, that Herlihy, Giles or Dunphy, did not pick up on Liam Brady’s remarks on Roy Keane’s failures as a football manager?

On Oct 16, one day after the budget, Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced: “At the outset, we have reversed Fianna Fáil’s plan to increase income tax by €500m over two years, and have maintained income-tax rates, bands and credits to ensure that work continues to pay for working families.”

Despite the outcry against the Revenue penalisation of property owners who wish to pay by debit/credit card or cheque, by enforcing the payment in Nov 2013, Revenue keep returning, infuriatingly, to their facile default mantra that “it’s important to point out that this is the nature of the debit/credit card system and is exactly what would happen if you booked a flight or a concert, for 2014, using your card”.

Power cables must be buried at the side of our road network, especially by the side of dual carriageways which could be the cheapest way to do it when devaluation of property is taken into account.

Jerry Daly (Letters, Nov 7) criticised the recent World Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan, for the non-use of safety headgear.