IT’S great news that Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has ordered more class time for learning basic literacy and numeracy.

WE are being asked to believe that all those who deserted the Irish army during wartime to fight for the British army did so because they wanted to fight the fascist menace.

AS a pacifist opposed to all killing armies and all wars, I find no difficulty whatever with the pardoning of the Irish deserters. Those who left because they believed that killing humans was wrong should be very proud of themselves.

ON the issue of Roscommon A&E closure, the Labour party has run for cover behind HIQA.

EVERYBODY is entitled to their opinion in the current debate about clothing standards for our political representatives.

IN the 2004 John Jay report, a report about the rape of children by clergy, was commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

AS Enda Kenny is not a man who tells lies, his recent denials are all the more shocking.

THE recent discussion concerning sartorial elegance in the Dáil will be watched with bated breath by the leading outfitters in the city.

REGARDING your recent article on teens and sex and pornography — there was one thing missing.

TO say that an out of hours emergency skeleton service for Roscommon to treat critically ill patients is comparable to a fully equipped hospital already available in the area is outrageous.