Pope John Paul II taught that the Eucharist stands at the centre of the Church’s life.

How long more are Sinn Féin and Gerry Adams going to be dreaming about a unitary state that is not coming at their annual televised ard fheis?

In 1969, when I worked as a junior accountant for fiddler’s pence, and was paying my way through evening classes in the College of Commerce and at UCD, I sought an overdraft of €50 from the Munster & Leinster (AIB) Band in Rathmines, and met with a refusal, since I lacked the necessary collateral.

Thankfully, the fiscal treaty refenrendum is over.

Fine Gael’s refusal to say who funded the election campaign that saw them sail into power with the help of optics and empty five point plans is revealing.

Has Emmet Murphy (May 28) gone too far in proposing that the number of TDs should be reduced to 38?

Michael A Moriarty (‘Stopping the bloodshed in Syria’, Letters, May 31) writes that “The government of Syria may be far from perfect”, which is obvious to anyone following the events there.

I am researching the Irishman, Francis Tumblety, born near Dublin circa 1830, who in later life became one of the chief suspects in the Jack the Ripper case in Whitechapel 1888.

I welcome that Boots have finally decided to follow my lead in taking the required steps to ease the financial burden on the prescription paying public in these difficult times.

Matt Cooper (May 18) joins the chorus blaming the Germans for the fact that other countries in Europe, ourselves included, are in financial difficulty and are suffering from ‘austerity’.