LISTENING to the Pat Kenny show yesterday morning, my heart went out to those involved in the Cork Airport crash and to their families.

THE admission by Alan Dukes that Anglo Irish Bank will need €50 billion in State support is cataclysmic in consequence.

ON three occasions recently, older gentlemen, who for the last two years have remained silent, interrupted a discussion among a group of younger people and pronounced, “they are all the same, corrupt and useless“.

JUDGE O’Hagan’s instructions to the jury in respect of the status of a young garda who was killed on duty in Donegal is the cause of much discussion and rightly so.

I read the article in a recent Irish Examiner entitled “Spare us the waste and do your job” with interest.

WHY is the establishment media so hostile to radical new ideas in this beleagured country?

INDEED, it would be wonderful if renewable sources, especially wind, could replace some imported energy (Feb 4). However, the contribution obtainable from renewables is strictly limited, due to their intermittent nature.

YOU report that Roman Catholic priests are concerned that the new liturgy will turn away Mass-goers.

REGARDING Ryle Dwyer’s article on the health service (Feb 5), I believe the most cost effective solution would be to give the patient the hospital files.