AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney was correct to defend the ban re the sale of unpasteurised milk in Ireland in the public interest.

WE have a health system that we cannot afford and, by all accounts in a lot of cases, does not deliver.

THE suggestion that FF might nominate a candidate for the presidency was made for the same reason that people such as Biffo and Bertie now live on large pensions, after destroying the country’s economy and many thousands of the lives that are/were forced to pay for their luxury.

THE suggestion by billionaire Warren Buffet that the “mega-rich” pay more taxes should be taken up in Ireland and, indeed, across the globe.

THE concisely titled HIQA “Report of the inquiry into the circumstances that led to the failed transportation of Meadhbh McGivern for transplant surgery and the existing inter-agency arrangements in place for people requiring emergency transportation for transplant surgery” makes for interesting reading.

IN relation to Italy’s €45 billion austerity cuts over two years, they intend to cut the amount of politicians by half and reduce their over-generous perks and wages.

It may be but, also, it may not be.

THE recent cases of the “missed transplant and hospital records” highlight once again the lack of accountability in the Irish system.

EVERYONE who has been reading the papers or listening to the radio knows that, as a result of our love-hate relationship with capitalism, our health service is in dire straits in regard to severe cuts being made to the health budget.

GERARD MOONEY (Letters, August 11) is rightly concerned with the recent deaths of cyclists and the attitude of many motorists to cyclists in general.