I know it beggars believe but there will no longer be any real Irish stew in Ireland.

Irish meat contaminated?

While greeting the recent launch of the Arts in Education Charter as a positive development that will enhance children’s experience of arts, we feel that it is vital that it not deflect from the funding and promotion of Arts Education.

Rory McIroy’s dilemma about who to represent in the forthcoming Olympics can be resolved in the context of his €200m deal with Nike and taxation of same.

It is regrettable that your correspondent, who wrote “campaigners against fish farm seek sea-lice system safety check”, failed to contact Marine Harvest Ireland (MHI) for comment, instead choosing to use a previous statement issued on a different matter.

Recent events such as Hurricane Sandy and the Australian heatwave provide further evidence that the variability of the global climate system is increasing.

A tired but exhilarated BT Ireland team are reflecting on what was certainly the best ever BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.

Richard Fitzpatrick (Features, Jan 16) treaded a tricky line relating the ‘evidence’ collated by Nassir Ghaemi and Ian Robertson to validate “links between leadership and mental health” and “how power affects your brain”, etc.

Regarding the horsemeat controversy, surely this is a matter for Trading Standards, and not the Food Safety Authority.

Whilst it is very sad for employees of HMV to lose their jobs at this time of year, the loss of these retail outlets really needs to be put into perspective.