IF, as Aisling Murphy (Letters, Nov 9) suggests, soldiers will get stressed at having to relocate, how would they cope if there was a war?

WHILE I am encouraged by the Taoiseach’s promised action against the growing problems associated with cheap alcohol, I fear that he may be fighting a losing battle.

I AM in strong agreement with Labour TD Joanna Tuffy in regards to her decision to boycott the female-only TD and senators meeting that took place on November 9.

IT’S a bit rich hearing that the EU Court of Auditors finds Kevin Cardiff possibly inappropriate as a new member of the team.

THE appalling immorality of tonnes of “unsuitable and non quota” white fish being dumped dead or dying into the Celtic, Irish and Atlantic seas is horrifying.

IT’S little wonder that Mary Harney has disappeared from public discourse.

MINISTER Brendan Howlin is quoted in your newspaper (November 8) as saying that National Irish Bank cannot be forced to pass on (to hard-pressed borrowers) the ECB rate reduction.

READING your recent item on Ryanair’s success in eliminating its debt convinces me that Michael O’Leary should be offered the post of finance minister.

FURTHER to the Government’s plans to “improve” the education system by abolishing the Junior Cert, a far more practical move would be the introduction of compulsory French and German in our primary schools.

THE Irish mindset or mentality stands alone in its croppy-boy capabilities.