John Borgonovo, of the school of history in UCC, in his article in the Irish Examiner, on Mar 27, and Niall Meehan, of Griffith College, Dublin, in his article on the academic.edu website, last week, wrote of their reactions to TV3’s two-part history documentary, In the Name of the Republic, which examined killings and disappearances by the IRA in the War of Independence, 1919-21, and after the truce, in mid-1921.

At its annual conference, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has — on human rights grounds — called for an academic boycott of Israel.

Victoria White’s article (Opinion, Apr 4), advocating the growth of the VEC sector in primary education makes the assertion that a change of patronage from Catholic to Educate Together is ‘more of the same’.

Women owe Drs Mary Favier and Mark Murphy a vote of thanks for trying to drag the Irish Medical Organisation into the 21st century.

I noted Gerard Murphy’s letter (Apr 4) in response to my recent article discussing the TV3 documentary series, In the Name of the Republic (Irish Examiner, Mar 27).

Could the response of the three main sports organisations at the Dáil Committee hearing on proposals to ban sponsorship by drinks companies be best summarised as ‘Drink! Drink! Drink!’

The news that some Irish names are listed amongst those hoarding vast amounts of wealth in offshore accounts should not be a shock.

I read with interest the piece from Sean McCarthaigh that a cashless society would save us €1 billion (April 5).

While driving through Bishopstown recently I found myself behind a taxi whose rear screen was completely covered by an advertising sticker with the obvious result that the driver had no view whatsoever through the rear screen.

On Friday, Mar 29, graves and headstones in St Finbarr’s Cemetery in Cork were vandalised. Graffiti was daubed on some headstones.