SO, three new maps of Ireland have been produced by the Ordnance Survey.

TALK is cheap.

THERE will be celebrations in the fortresses of conservatism with the withdrawal of Senator Norris from the race to the Park. Where there was once colour and vitality, now we will be given the choice of several safe, dull candidates who have not, and never will, put a foot wrong.

NOW that Senator Norris has withdrawn from the presidential race, we should be troubled by a number of issues.

THE all-out war against ex-Presidential hopeful David Norris has been won by homophobes, conservatives, and Catholics in forcing a poll topper out. Guilt by association has become a powerful political tool in driving any candidate out of town — and especially a gay one.

I WRITE regarding Senator David Norris’s withdrawal from the Presidential race.

SENATOR David Norris has called for the Presidential election nomination process to be reformed.

PROFESSOR Eoin O’Brien resigned as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland “in protest against the failure of either Royal College to support colleagues who have been prevented from performing the fundamental duty that doctors are trained for, namely treating the sick and wounded”.

MARGARET HICKEY (Letters, August 1) operates a diligent and vigilant perspective in her comparative dissection of the child abuse revelations of the past recent years.

COMING back from France via Le Havre in 1989 after a failed attempt to set up a business in Nice I happened to meet two Irish guys from Offaly who were financially stressed and required help so they could complete their journey home.