The Archbishop Of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, attended a memorial service for Bishop KH Ting at Mochou Road Church in Nanjing, China, on Saturday, Dec 8.

As an OAP I would not have objected to a €2 per week reduction in the OAP — what would be saved by this would have more than covered the reduction in the respite allowance.

Jonathan O’Brien’s letter (Dec 10) states well how “For over 100 years, 365 days a year, the Union flag is flown over Belfast City Hall ... the cultural national alliances of nationalism have not been recognised”.

Conor Ryan’s report on the Cork-based company operating Banners Broker in this country has certainly raised many questions about the business.

At the last general election I voted Labour — one of the worst decisions of my life.

Are the 100 local Garda stations facing closure to be replaced with 100 brothels?

The visit to Dublin of secretary of state Hillary Clinton to discuss human rights issues was typical of US rhetoric — lecturing to others while in the United States 2,266,800 people are in prison (figures from US Bureau of Justices statistics).

This Government doggedly confuses hard decisions with bad choices.

Perhaps St Benedict and a lovely English lady helped to save Valentia Radio.

Mr Curley’s exoneration of civil and public servants from blame for dragging down our country is as self-serving as it is wrong (‘We public servants are not to blame for crisis’, Dec 4).