ACKNOWLEDGE that you have given me space to point out Ivan Yates’s bias before and very much appreciate that.

HAVING watched Pearse Doherty on RTÉ recently explaining Sinn Féin’s economic policy I must apologise to the Unionist community in the North.

TODAY commemorates the 100th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary achievements in Antarctic exploration.

IT IS very sad to hear so much criticism of nuns, priests and other religious.

IT IS beyond disturbing that the President of the High Court has ruled that a hospital may withhold lifesaving treatment from a six-year-old boy, suffering from spastic quadriplegia, for whom there is no hope of recovery, but has not also included in his ruling a determination that following the withdrawal of treatment, that there will be no prosecution for those who bring the child’s life to a painless and peaceful ending by the quickest possible means.

FLORENCE Craven’s remarks (Letters, Jan 12) are a timely reminder that all is not well in the world of university teaching.

I AGREE with Florence Craven (Letters, Jan 11) that many universities teach their undergraduates badly.

I JUST read your article about the brain-injured boy and the High Court decision to not allow this child a chance with stem cell treatment.

IF the sophistication of a society can be measured by its tolerance and treatment of minorities, then we must be a very unsophisticated and ignorant people. The onslaught on minority taxi drivers in Cork, Galway, Ennis and Dublin must go down in the annals of contemporary history with shame.

JOHN McCARTHY’S voice spoke for so many of us, his was a voice that needs to be re-echoed now that he is no longer with us.