I WELCOME the proposed review of the CAO points system in Ireland, but it needs action now. Politicians from every generation have been criticised for being all talk, and no action.

THE news that 540 people were jailed for minor fines last year is simply shocking.

RICHARD D BARTON calls dealing with the issue of the under-representation of women in the Dáil “insanity” and reduces discussion on this topic to “hormones and dresses”.

PAUL O’RIAIN writes claiming tax on diesel and petrol is driving inflation up.

AS an unemployed horticulturist, trained in Cork and living in Cork, I would like to complain about the €2.5m wasted by Cork Corporation on the garden designed by Diarmuid Gavin.

IT IS good to see some schools now trying out iPads to replace heavy school books.

THE chief merit of Queen Elizabeth II’s successful visit was the extent to which it contributed towards advancing the Good Friday Agreement.

MIGHT I suggest that the “Rebel” County” swap monikers with Meath, the “Royal County”?

ONE interesting recommendation in the new report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on education is that of having “religion classes in church-run schools confined to the beginning or the end of the day”.