THE vast amount of replies and comments to Friday’s Late Late Show discussion and the intensity and passion that has been displayed shows how contentious an issue this truly is.

IT was recently reported that the number of patients waiting on trollies in our nation’s A&E departments had reached a record high.

BA mhaith liom Annraoi de Paor (B.A.C.) a mholadh don uachtaránacht. Is iarollamh ollscoile é (UCD).

VINCENT BROWNE hit the nail on the head when he said Enda Kenny “does not have a grasp of the issues”.

WITH the commencement of the new school term I was shocked to see a large number of children are now heavily overweight.

I WRITE in reference to the recent event where two male students were ejected from the Old Oak pub in Cork for kissing.

THERE was a mistake in the quote written at page 8 of your newspaper (News, Sept 5).

YOUR recent two-part Special Investigation by Conor Ryan (August 31 and Sept 1) exposed the stark reality of sex trafficking in Ireland and the abuse and distress, which its victims unfortunately must endure.

WHILE at one level I find it understandable that the Vatican should respond formally to a document such as the Cloyne Report, I also find it very sad that this very formality should be the cause of added distress for some.

YESTERDAY I heard an advertisement on the radio encouraging people to buy National Savings Bonds.