I have a dream.

I WELCOME the well-balanced report by Jennifer Hough (January 2) under the heading “Increase in elderly experiencing age apartheid”.

AS we move forward into 2012, the endless struggle continues for most Irish families.

IT has been reported that the Government is going to seek election to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

I AGREE with Liam Power (Letters, Dec 31) about the “welfare fraud bandwagon”.

I WAS positively enthralled listening to the Abbot of Glenstal Abbey speaking on the Marian Finucane show recently.

AN article that appeared in your paper on January 2 claims that the payment of increments to public sector workers such as teachers, gardaí and nurses was part of a deal made between the unions and the previous government in return for productivity measures.

DENIS Buckley (Letters, Dec 31) should realise that people have more to worry about besides extension dates for silly logos.

MICHAEL Jobs (Letters, Jan 2) states that motorists are to blame for the deaths of pedestrians and cyclists on Irish roads.

IN a recent article “Taoiseach warns of water charges“ you quote Enda Keny as saying: “On the treatment of water, we have a situation where vast quantities are leaking away.”