Paul Farrell (Letters, Sept 1) writes in praise of the late Rachel Corrie and calls the Israeli court’s verdict on her death ‘absurd but unsurprising’.

Ireland’s bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup would be much more suited to a joint bid with either Scotland or Wales, rather than expecting the GAA to make their grounds available.

I have to disagree with Denis Deasy (Letters, Aug 30) when he calls for a ban of the handpass in Gaelic football.

Colette Browne’s well-written Opinion piece (Aug 29) is the latest reworking of a now standard model argument against Assange’s position, to which every contributing journalist hones and polishes the reasoning in an attempt to make it a little more convincing.

Colette Browne (Aug 28) makes some very valid points which would be very reasonable if we were dealing with people (governments) of honesty or integrity.

Given Enda Kenny’s knowledge of Irish history, it may be better that he is a politician (a minority out of touch with reality) than still a teacher.

It now must fall back to the Revenue Commissioners to finally hold Deputy Wallace accountable for his huge Vat tax evasion, particularly as so many good businesses (who want to be compliant) are currently being crushed by ruthless Revenue officers as a result of the current situation where the taxes on small and medium businesses (the type of businesses who actually employ most of the people in our country) are far too high for a time of economic recession.

We wish to thank the unexpectedly large number of people who turned out for the RIC/DMP Commemoration in Glasnevin.

Peter Mulvany (Letters, Aug 28) in response to my letter in which I opposed the retired Garda commemoration for members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, said “there are many Irish citizens who have a British dimension to their Irishness and vice versa; and no doubt there are members of the Garda who may have family links with the former RIC who feel it is their duty to remember the fallen”.

On Tuesday last, Rachel Corrie’s family sat in an Israeli civil court to hear it deliver an absurd but unsurprising verdict on Israel’s own army. Rachel’s name is linked with peaceful courage: especially her own, but also that of a group of Irish people.