THE culture of giving bonuses must go within banking and all sectors.

THE action in dismissing Melanie Verwoerd by email is truly deplorable. Talk about kicking a woman when she is down.

IT was necessary for the Taoiseach to give a speech in the Dáil in connection with the issue of child abuse by some clerics, he did right.

AS a young supporter of Senator David Norris, I am dismayed by the Government’s decision to hold the presidential election on Thursday, October 27.

AFTER another “wayward celebrity” — Amy Winehouse — was found dead, Steven King (Opinion, July 27) launches into the promotion of the “legalisation” of hard drugs.

AS members of the Dáil and Seanad set off for their two months hiatus, Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar unveiled a major package of measures encouraging people to holiday at home.

SO, the Vatican recalls its Papal Nuncio — what is all the fuss about?

THE Cloyne report has stated its findings and they are truly shocking and utterly indefensible.

FOLLOWING the withdrawal of the Vatican ambassador in the wake of Enda Kenny’s challenging and vitriolic words, I personally feel we should seize all Vatican properties for the state and pay pensions to all those who were used by the church as slaves over many years.

YOUR report headline of July 12 (“Bill for Obama and Queen visits almost double original estimate”) on the cost to the taxpayer accruing from the visits to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama showed disrespect to the US president.