LAST Sunday week I went along to the 9/11 Photo exhibition which was shown at Collins Barracks Dublin.

THE outcry, as reported across the media, following the failure to transfer a patient from Leitrim to London for a liver transplant, has been remarkable.

I WAS appalled to read that some families have now been reduced to choosing between paying their mortgage and buying food. Not so with the happy employees of the ESB and Bord Gais.

THINGS are not quite as hopeless as they appear when not only is the unthinkable being thought, but actually mentioned. I refer specifically to the idea of debt forgiveness.

THE recent increase in debate about debt forgiveness has sparked the writing of this letter.

SO, the lads are back from their holidays, while everyone in the country dreams of a job like theirs.

I WAS appalled on Friday to receive a letter from my bank (Bank of Ireland) advising that my interest has risen by 0.5% to 4.75%.

TWEAKING particular sections in the Leaving Certificate curriculum in isolation from the full range of subjects and cross-curricular development is a poor micro solution to a macro problem.

IN your editorial (August 25) you state “IF Fianna Fáil fields no presidential candidate, the democratic process will be weakened.” Are you serious?

I NOTE that former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern thinks Gay Mitchell will win the Presidential election.