Maybe Fine Gael would have done better had the Taoiseach and his advisers examined the situation and tendencies in their own country instead of looking to the U K to slavishly copy the Tory party?

I want to congratulate the Irish Examiner on the excellent article by Margaret Hickey on February 12, “Let’s debate the meaning of humanity”.

I think property developers could contribute to a scheme for the development of social housing, which is at such a crisis level, now, that it is a stain on the country’s morale.

The people have spoken and Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have emerged as the two largest parties.

Over the past three weeks, 550 candidates have been trying to persuade a job interview panel of roughly 1million people that the role of TD should be theirs.

In a crass attempt to reinforce a Boycott, Diversify and Sanction (BDS) campaign against Israel, Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the US campaign to end Israeli occupation made an outrageous anology with apartheid South Africa in order to dissuade actors attending the Oscars not to accept a gift bag containing trips to Israel (Irish Examiner, February 26).