A suggestion for James Reilly and for Alan Shatter too,

I agree with Caitríona McClean’s praise for the Irish Examiner for ‘restoring her faith in the written media’ by criticising Taoiseach Kenny about ‘what might well be coercion’ by the ECB in relation to the bailout (Letters, Sept 1).

It was with a mixture of disbelief and bemusement that I read the letter from Caitríona Mc Clean (Sept 1) in relationto Enda Kenny and current Government policy.

May I be allowed to applaud the simple humanity of your editorial “Imposing cuts but protecting privilege” (Sept 1)?

At the risk of party-pooping, has any journalist or editor asked why a supposedly neutral country should invite a US military warship to dock in Dublin and for its sailors to be allowed free access to roam our streets?

I refer to Mr Paul Farrell’s recent letter on the recent findings of the Israeli court.

On Sept 1, a faceless EU directive finally pulled the switch on the old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs.

The discussion now under way within the ICTU in regard to the commission on the future of the trade union movement will only be relevant to or have any meaning for the tens of thousands of organised workers if it honestly looks at the effect that the dead hand of class collaboration has had on the movement.

We are all familiar with the wastage of funds that was rampant in Fás in the past.

So, let’s recap. Minister Varadkar gave the CIÉ companies €36m because they are broke and he wanted to avoid loss of services.