ARE not all religions a form of magic, a belief system based on the polar opposite to reason and science.

THANK God for the Vatican’s calm/reasoned/rational response to Enda Kenny’s irrational Dáil diatribe.

WITH regard to the article on corncrakes (Farming, Sept 1), Cormac MacConnell puts himself in dubious company when he delights in the bird being banished to our western regions.

AS both government parties gather for their think-tanks, perhaps they should consider pondering on Enda Kenny when he said he had a covenant with the Irish people.

WE call on Minister Pat Rabbitte to issue a moratorium on the granting of new petroleum licences off the west coast of Ireland until after the Oireachtas committee is finished reviewing the State’s existing terms.

AS Ivan Yates pointed out (Opinion, Sept 1), when children go back to school it means extra bills for parents.

RECENTLY, Jacqueline Cotter (Letters, Sept 1), stated that “in Ireland the family is still a very dominant unit and the male is the dominant force within that unit”.

HAVING witnessed another outstanding All-Ireland hurling final between Tipperary and Kilkenny, I feel compelled to write this letter in the GAA’s favour.

IVAN Yates makes several assertions (Opinion, September 1), some of which are completely false, some of which need to be put in a proper context, and some of which defy logic.

I WISH to applaud your recent editorial and comment — you have hit the nail on the head in relation to ‘a society divided’.