THERE’S nothing like an election to bring out people screaming about the past and warning others not to forget it.

FIANNA FÁIL is now down to 10% in the opinion polls.

I HEAR that Aviva are moving their headquarters to the “mainland”.

IN the past few days I was a patient in the Victoria Hospital (ward Longfield 9) for three days.

THERE is much controversy and disquiet concerning the planned hydraulic fracturing gas extraction (fracking) in the North West and parts of Kerry, Cork, Limerick and Clare.

YOUR editorial (Sept 17) criticises Sinn Féin for putting Martin McGuinness forward as a candidate for the Presidency saying “even at that, they could not find someone born in this republic”.

ACCORDING to your recent editorial (Sept 17), it is some kind of slur against the Presidential campaign of Martin McGuinness that he was not born in “this republic”.

WHAT A wonderful weekend for sport. First, Ireland trounced the Tri-Nations champions in rugby.

SOMEONE in my family was ill recently.

Mol an oige agus tiocfaidh siad.