In Michael Moynihan’s Irish Examiner article (Aug 15) what precise point was he trying to prove in his convoluted article re Katie Taylor and the fact that she is not ashamed to have God as an ally in her life and sporting career?

I wish to respond to Conor Ryan’s comment (Aug 11) that “In a fight over how her legacy should take shape, Ms [Maureen] O’Hara could yet be left without one.”

Much had been written about the abysmal performance of our male athletes in track and field events at the London Olympics — reasons and excuses abounded.

Dramatic coverage has been given to the views of Paul McSweeney of the Local Government Management Agency, the body charged with organising the collection of the household tax.

That well-worn saying “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”, does not seem to apply in Ireland.

I was doing some research for a book and came across this quote from the late American philosopher, Henry Louis Mencken.

John McColgan (Aug 9) seems to be slightly at variance with Dr Elaine Byrne and your own Michael Clifford in his assessment of the annual Summer School in Glenties.

It’s justice and common sense to exempt people from the household charge if they don’t use public facilities such as swimming pools, parks and libraries.

As students across Britain received their A-Level results, the Institute of Physics in Ireland warmly welcomes the highly significant rise in the numbers taking physics.

Your coverage and editorial pieces on the Australian position regarding plain packaging for tobacco products, fails to mention the downsides.