I WAS consistently disappointed by how little interest trade unions had in workers at the lower end of the scale during my time in employment.

THE salaries of deputies are tied to that of a principal officer in the civil service and the senators to assistant principals.

THE spongers of this country are inviting the sponger of another nation to visit us.

I READ with interest Fergus Finlay’s column on the abuse victims’ memorial (February 16).

THE recent RTÉ Prime Time programme on the Leas Cross Nursing Home was extremely disturbing.