I am somewhat bemused by the furore over the Starbucks “British” gaffe.

Africa once had a bedazzling tree; from its branches hung battered fruit.

The 50th anniversary celebration of the Late Late Show will not be remembered for any good nostalgic thoughts in years to come, providing the show is still relevant to viewers.

Your political editor, Paul O’Brien, was insulting and rude to Taoiseach Enda Kenny after the press conference outside Government Buildings on Jun 1 after the yes side victory in the vote.

Comments by Martin Gordon (Irish Examiner, June 4) about Tom Savage, chairman of the RTÉ Authority, are misguided on several grounds.

This weekend the Eucharistic Congress is being held in Dublin.

When you compare the Junior Cert maths to the Leaving Cert maths, there is a radical difference in quantity and difficulty to what has to be learned.

Following a protracted campaign during the seventies, which involved the Gaeltacht Civil Rights organisation, students from UCC, Cumann an Chadhnaigh, many Gaeltacht and cultural bodies and organisations around the country, the government of the day granted a democratically elected Údarás to the Gaeltacht.

That secretive, non-transparent set-up known as Nama availed of €32bn of taxpayers’ money to buy down €74bn property debt from the banks, and we are hoping that one day our investment will yield a profit.

Instead of taking the torch to Croke Park, it would be far more symbolic if it was used to rekindle the ashes of a dying nation at Phoenix Park.