IN his vain attempt to justify the ridiculous salaries and expenses paid to politicians, Martin Mansergh (September 4) omitted one very relevant factor.

THE centenary of the 1916 Rising is a mere seven years away and regardless of whether the State will be able to afford it, the occasion will be marked in some way, preferably with at least one significant act that will leave an enduring positive legacy.

YOUR report (April 23) on the assignments of new junior ministers made interesting reading.

“YOU may talk of Columbus’s sailing across the Atlantical sea.

THE row over the move of the Central Mental Hospital to a new prison site has taken a major twist with the emergence of the highly critical views of the hospital’s medical boss.

LIMERICK’S €1 million retainer wall by Clancy’s Strand is a divisive issue.