My aunt lives in a small estate in a west Limerick town.

Greece did not honour the terms of its first bailout, yet the Troika gave it funding.

We all remember Nero, the guy who played his fiddle as Rome burned.

The achievement within Western Europe since 1945 has been historic.

Colette Browne’s article ‘Meritocracy and Private Schools’ (May 16) strikes a chord.

Just when we thought that the fallout from the infamous Frontline Presidential debate had been put to bed, up pops Pat Kenny to effectively belittle comments made by Sean Gallagher regarding the ungracious response by RTE to his legitimate complaints regarding elements of the programme.

There is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting our people back to work. There have been over 300,000 job losses since a flawed economic model collapsed in 2008 . . .

Your editorial (May 17) on the recent UCD research probing the ‘alcoholising’ habits of Irish youth, suggests that it “should inform future policy both on mental health and the sale of alcohol”.

Irish people have become accustomed to a high standard of journalism in this country.

Mr Dervis’s article concerning government debt within the eurozone (Irish Examiner, May 17) focuses on the current fad on overcoming the economic crisis- growth, not austerity.