TOLLING dirt tracks and tunnels, which spend more time being maintained, then being actually open, is a step too far.

I NOTE my letters on the topic “Charity Begins at Home” have encouraged healthy discussion.

IN his letter (July 19), John McKeever argues for the maintenance of the confessional seal and against the introduction of mandatory reporting of child abuse.

THE report on Monday that HSE Forum South members from Fine Gael are threatening to quit the “talking shop” comes as no surprise. I have attended two meetings of the chairpersons of the four national forums.

THOSE who proclaim the secrecy of the confessional to be an essential element of the sacrament are mistaken.

IT’S crystal clear once again with the revelation in the Murphy report into the Diocese of Cloyne that the institutional church’s secrecy and methods of operation are dysfunctional.

THE Cloyne report is the latest and perhaps most compelling proof for this country that whenever absolute power is vested in any institution or structure set up for the purpose of serving the people, that power will be used to betray those it is there to serve in the pursuit of its own interests.

IN response to the World War II deserters campaign for “justice” as a former member of the PDF I would like to add this thought.

ACCORDING to Doctors Without Borders, 37.7% of children assessed in the Horn of Africa are suffering from acute malnutrition and 17.5% of those are at a high risk of death.

IT’S a crying shame that there’s so much wealth in the world and yet, hundreds of thousands in Somalia are dying presently everyday of hunger.