Previously in Australia, former Prime Minister John Howard was dogged by controversy over his refusal to apologise for the Aboriginal community’s “Stolen Generation”.

I read that political parties are now desperately looking for women to ‘throw’ into the electoral mix so as to satisfy a 30% female representational requirement.

What’s the difference between the graphic images showing the horror that smoking can cause, and graphic images showing the horror than results from abortions?

Chris Huhne, former British minister, pleaded guilty on Feb 4 to perverting the course of justice by persuading his wife to accept penalty points on her driving licence for a speeding offence he had committed.

Matt Cooper (Opinion, Feb 1) asserts that I have been silent on the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe for 17 years and that I was forced into my statement in the Dáil.

Has Mr Shatter considered abolishing the garda force altogether?

Dr Michael Pravica is right when he reminds all of us of “the fact that Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and other fascist WWII dictators, left a devastating legacy of racism, hatred, and evil in their wake” (Letters, Feb 4).

Fr Flannery does his order or himself no service with his continued sniping and railing against the Church rules and dogma that he accepted when he joined the priesthood.

It would appear despite the massive cuts, the Fine Gael/Labour Government have imposed in health, education and social welfare in order to repay the bondholders, they intend to find the money to send Irish troops to war-torn Mali.

I find it hard to believe that Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has suggested that pupils seek help with personal issues from caretakers, cleaning staff, and general teaching staff.