Rabbitte, buttered parsnips and faded greens tend to end up in the bin after dinner.

The shamefully predictable yet entirely avoidable death of Battlefront during the first race over the Grand National fences at Aintree belies the worth of the recent changes made to the course.

He played the friar in the classic Romeo and Juliet. Joyceans will miss his Mr Bloom performance but he has left them with us to enjoy for ever.

Much has been written and spoken in attempts to explain the ignominious collapse of the Labour Party vote in the Meath by-election, but as yet I have not heard one commentator refer to the fact that under his leadership Eamon Gilmore is making it more difficult for a Catholic to vote for Labour.

It is simply unbelievable that a famous football club like Sunderland would appoint the well-known fascist Paolo di Canio as its manager.

Niamh Drohan’s study (Apr 3) of GP prescribing of antidepressants was unethical.

Reluctant as I am to publicly criticise fellow journalists, I am making an exception for your recent article ‘Depressing truth about treating depression in the young’ (Apr 3).

I heard some of the teachers protesting against all sorts of things at the various congresses.

The TV3 documentary, In the Name of the Republic, highlighted for a new generation the role of the late Martin Corry in the War of Independence.

The EPA study on water quality to 2008 which was reported in your paper (Apr 1, 2013) is outdated as it fails to recognise the significant investment undertaken by farmers and additional regulations imposed on the sector in recent years.