ANYONE who accuses Martin McGuinness of being a terrorist misses the point of the fight for Irish freedom since the Act of Union in 1800 and before.

THE Catholic Church’s rule on celibacy for its priests is eminently sensible/reasonable, apart altogether from the profound spiritual rationale.

IN a brief, respectful response to Paul Galvin’s (October 6) letter in praise of Vincent Browne’s debate with the Presidential candidates and TV3’s programming versus RTÉ, I would like to highlight the fact that all TV3 current affairs programmes, including the Vincent Browne show and the debates during the General and Presidential elections, were/are inaccessible to all hearing impaired people as subtitling is not provided.

IT was amazing to see the images of the Occupy Wall Street protests that are currently unfolding in New York.

BERTIE has €26,000 in telephone expenses. Enda is no better with his well paid advisors.

WHY is it that when the Government finds it necessary to reduce the public sector pay bill they manage to exclude the Oireachtas?

WHEN I heard Martin McGuinness describe how he was a major player in the peace process and how he had put his life on the line in his efforts, it really provoked me into responding.

I CONCUR with the academics from Mary Immaculate College Limerick and the students from Presentation College Cork (Letters, Sept 30) that dropping humanities from the school curriculum will have a detrimental impact on teacher education and the teaching of history in schools.

HAVING spent time in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital recently, including 24 hours in A&E, and having experienced first hand the atrocious conditions in which nurses and staff are forced to work, I wish to say that I fully support them in their efforts to have the recruitment embargo rescinded and beds freed up.

VINCENT Browne’s presidential debate on Tuesday night was excellent.