There has been a lot of suggestions in the media about the naming of the new Liffey Bridge. I propose it be named after the greatest taoiseach this country has produced, Charles J Haughey.

Diarmuid Martin is to be congratulated for his recent remarks that there is “no way” the abuse of thousands of children within the Irish church can be swept under the rug. Would that such moral courage and leadership was replicated by those who have responsibility to account for the treatment of children who were placed in Protestant institutions such as Bethany Dublin, and Westbank Greystones.

The IDA is writing the requiem for rural Ireland.

In an interview on RTÉ Radio last Saturday, Fr Brian D’Arcy defended his attendance at the recent rally in support of the Quinn family on the grounds of “compassion”, and compared it with his attendance at marches in the 1990s by victims of clerical and State-sponsored abuse.

During the week beginning Jul 30, RTÉ’s Liveline highlighted the issue of attacks on the elderly and the fear in which our old people live of being robbed and assaulted in their homes by people looking for soft money for drug habits, etc.

So officials in Galway have been “warned” by an American politician there will be “ramifications” if Galway City Council erect a statue to Che Guevara.

My daughters and I have just enjoyed a wonderful night’s entertainment at the Cork Opera House.

Ryle Dwyer’s piece on the first Irish man to win an Olympic medal made for interesting reading but contains one piece of mythology that should be retired at this stage of Olympic scholarship.

Kevin McCarthy’s letter “Reality has yet to kick in for our left-wingers” (Irish Examiner, Aug 6) is incorrect is stating that the Greek government has “rolled over and tamely agreed to implement an €11bn austerity plan”.

It is very interesting how a judge in the US has sentenced a Catholic monsignor to six years in prison because he concealed from civil justice the sexual abuse of children by “monsters in clerical garb” (Jul 26).