I READ with growing dismay Steven King’s analysis of the Arab Spring (Opinion, June 22).

YOU recently (Business, June 21) reported a government plan to conjure up loans totalling €400 million each year for the next three years.

I REFER to Fergus Finlay’s recent article (Opinion, June 21).

SARAH STACK’S short piece on the Gaza flotilla (News, June 21) lacked only one thing: a statement from the Israeli side.

IT may only be semantics but for Noel Brett of the RSA to say that Irish roads are the “sixth safest” rather than the “sixth least dangerous” he is encouraging complacency, which he warns against. Roads are extremely dangerous.

CONGRATS to Maureen O’Hara on her award from the US Marine Corps (News, June 22).

MAY I please address UCC’s decision to host an exhibit that insults Our Lady this weekend.

I AGREE with TD Michael Ring that the middle classes are at the limit. If you feel like you’re not in the game you become indifferent to the fate of yourself and of your country.

IN response to James McGrath’s negative comments on scrappage (Letters, June 22), I would have to disagree with the points he raises to support his view:

I write on behalf of the 5050 Group. The 5050 Group strongly supports the use of quotas as one means of promoting the equal political representation of women in Ireland.