THE arrest of Ratko Maldic is long overdue and this man certainly has a “case” to answer. Having worked with an international organisation in that region I would like to offer the following comments to your readers:

I WORK with a lot of retailers like tiles shops, furniture shops and restaurants, etc and these businesses are the best barometer of the economy and consumer confidence.

I SHARE Mark Dennehy’s critical views (June 2 ) on the spending of €2.5 million on a temporary hanging garden at a flower show in a foreign city while the organisers of the Fermoy European Open got nothing. Anyone who knows about sponsorship would be aware that it is critical to sponsor the event, not the individual.

I WAS quite astonished to read Maurice Fitzgerald’s outburst (June 7) against those who oppose David Norris’s campaign for the presidency.

TOM KINDLON (May 7) complains about “gender discrimination against male candidates” in political party selections. Where has he being living? The Dáil has been more than 90% male since 1922.

AS a Serbian-American who lost some 100 relatives during the genocide of Serbian Orthodox Christians in the “independent” state of Croatia during WWII, I write to protest the visit of Pope Benedict to the tomb of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac.

SOME government ministers want to reduce wages for working on Sundays.

AT the world atheist convention in Dublin last weekend, Labour Party Senator Ivana Bacik warned of “a creeping fundamentalism in Irish life”.