IT was tragic to see that Irish missionaries have exported a culture of child abuse across Africa (RTÉ Prime Time documentary Mission to Prey) but it should come as no surprise.

WE have just delivered the Queen to the Guinness Storehouse and Obama to Hayes pub in Moneygall.

SHAUN CONNOLLY reported (May 24) that Taoiseach Kenny said that during his meeting with US President Obama that “they agreed there would be no change in respect of the US forces using Shannon Airport as a stop-off”.

IT appears to me the visits to Ireland by foreign heads of state are bit like Cork buses.

IT seems Taoiseach Enda Kenny is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn’t.

I WISH to register my anger and frustration at the Department of Education’s intention to reduce language support teachers by 250.

AFTER the visits by Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama and the excellent hosting by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and President McAleese I have one thing to say, “It feels good to feel good.”

I HAVE scanned and devoured newspapers by the cubic metre in a frustrating attempt to find genuine reasons behind the plaudits that described former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald as the greatest Irishman, a national treasure, the renaissance man, a towering intellect, a true statesman, Garret the good, a real inspiration.

ENDA KENNY’S performance at College Green was heartening.