YOUR columnist Matt Cooper (October 29) paints a delightful picture of him and his children enjoying an Irish autumn. He highlights lessons regarding how easy it is to enhance psychological development through physical activity.

SCHOOLS need directly to address and offer guidance to gay and lesbian students to avoid them becoming suicide risks, the ASTI conference was told yesterday.

THE Leaving Cert, whilst perhaps not perfect, is perceived by most people to be fair and impartial. It has enormous international status, which has stood the test of time, despite huge changes in the world of commerce and economics.