With world attention focused on CERN and the detection of the Higgs boson, the contribution of Ireland’s Nobel physicist Ernest Walton, who was born in Waterford, should be noted.

I agree with Jim Mack’s sentiment (Jul 9) that there should be fewer TDs, but I believe his proposed 80-100 is too low.

Drew Nelson, grand secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, in an address to Seanad Éireann (Irish Examiner, Jul 4) complains of the effects cutbacks to Protestant schools are having on Protestant communities in the south.

The chorus of people calling for the number of TDs to be reduced by anything between 20 and 80 has begun again in earnest.

Nurit Modai (Letters, Jul 6) now seeks to deny the existence of Palestinians.

We’re making stationary sexy — the head of retail development, David Field, says of the newly redeveloped flagship Eason store on Patrick St in Cork City.

I couldn’t pass over the ignorance of Pat Lynch (Letters, Jul 5) when he declared gay marriage was contrary to the natural law, and the law of God.

It’s good to see Nurit Modai of the Israeli Embassy admitting (Letters, Jul 6) that Palestine originally comprised today’s Israel, Gaza and the Occupied West Bank.

Shaun Connolly (Jul 7) berates Enda Kenny quite rightly for fudging on such a key question as gay marriage.

Shaun Connolly’s article (Jul 7) on Enda Kenny is essentially a reprise of his scathingly contemptuous remarks regarding An Taoiseach, delivered on RTE radio on Friday morning.