THE Government in New Zealand undertook quite a bit of privatisation a few years ago. But recently they had to reverse most of this by buying back vital infrastructure and services from the private sector at enormous expense to the taxpayer.

HE may have been the most wanted man in modern history, one of the most despicable, and one of the most reviled, but be that as it may, Osama Bin Laden was, in accordance with international law, entitled to a trial and judgement by a jury of his peers.

THE media fanfare over the British royal wedding and the upcoming visit of the Queen of England contrasts with the neglect now shown to the 1916 Memorial in Limerick.

THE Irish Examiner continues to highlight the importance of a mature and open attitude to one of the most fundamental public health concerns of all.

THE Irish greyhound industry is contemplating a canine version of a Chinese takeaway.

I SEE Cormac Cahill’s point about preferring to “join with the protesters than the growing brigades of fawning sleveens” when Queen Elizabeth II visits (Letters, May 2).

POPE John Paul II, a man of deep faith, will one day be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church.

DUE to the rising costs of transport, I am being forced to give up my only mode of transport.

WHEN President Obama goes to Monegall he should be told that not only is he following in the footsteps of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan in visiting the town where some of his ancestors came from but that he is also distantly related to them.

I AM convinced that none of the teachers’ unions in Ireland have a creative idea on how to improve primary and secondary education in Ireland.