As a publican, I am disappointed with the negativity towards Arthur’s Day. This event celebrates the internationally famous and unique Irish product — Guinness stout.

I read with interest John Hearne’s article on the decline of the bee population (Forum, Sept 13) caused by colony collapse disorder (CCD), where various possible reasons for the decline were discussed.

In two weeks, 30,000 taxpayer-funded teacher days will be squandered and none of the education lobby groups are concerned.

How delightful and rare to read of a public representative behaving like a petulant pup in name-calling another individual. Now he has got me name-calling as well.

Michael Clifford (Opinion, Sept 14) is a tough taskmaster. He asks of us all, the well nigh impossible ‘suspension-of-reality’ task — “let’s just be extremely charitable and accept that Enda Kenny, and those around him, are motivated by democratic ideals rather than cynicism.

Christy Moore’s new single, ‘Arthur’s Day’, is a timely warning in song from one of Ireland’s greatest balladeers of the mayhem that lies ahead on Sept 26th if action is not taken by responsible authorities, while there is still time.

Whatever the merits of the Government’s prospectus for procedural reform of the Dáil, assuming it were fully implemented as promised, any of the individual measures could be dropped or changed in future, and many of them are clearly experimental.

I am totally against any acts of terrorism, be they small or big as I am a member of Amnesty International. I am totally anti-war and other violence no matter what form it comes in.

In a letter to the Irish Examiner on Jul 13 last, I pointed out that weather guru Ken Ring’s forecasting for the early summer months of the year turned out to be erroneous in numerous respects.

I am tired of President Michael D Higgins commenting on economic matters.