INCLUDED in the guest list on the final “Late Late Show” of 2011 were Gabriel Byrne, Diarmuid Gavin, CT Wilkinson and the RTÉ concert Orchestra. All are Irish.

I AM extremely alarmed at the Government’s proposal imposing a levy of 0.6% per annum over four years on private pension funds.

I’M responding to Travis Gleasure’s letter (June 16) on the phasing out of physical cash to boost our economy.

THE current practise of some shops selling items packaged and labelled as of a year ago, but with only a fraction of the content for practically the same price, is appalling.

IT would be a mistake to sell off our state assets. That would put them beyond the scope of any government scrutiny. Other countries now regret their experiences with Thatchernomics. Privatised industries soon increase their prices.

THE letter of Colmán Ó Raghallaigh (June 14) fails to address and furnish explanation for a most concerning point. It is no great mystery that most of the passengers comprising Irish Rail’s figure of 252,607 have travelled between Limerick-Ennis and Galway-Athenry exclusively.

YEARS ago Goats Don’t Shave brought out the song, We’ll Have Our Own Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal.

THE parachuting of Pat Cox, former Fianna Fáil, Progressive Democrat and independent politician and latest blow-in to the ranks of Fine Gael to contest the presidential election, should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

A FEW years ago, during the Athens Olympics, Moore McDowell said that it was a good thing that the Irish clay pigeon shooter Derek Burnett failed to win a gold medal, for if he had, we’d be calling for a shooting range in every parish.

CAN the Government please extend the scrappage scheme for old cars when buying a new one and make it a permanent and ongoing facility to the public.