Your editorial of Mar 5 contained much food for thought.

IRELAND is surviving on international credit. It seems strange businesses find it difficult to get a slice of that credit.

THE latest Permanent TSB/ESRI House Price Index makes interesting reading.

THE Fianna Fáil slogan for the general election in 2007 was “A lot done. More to do”. For our next general election, will it be “A lot of people done. More people to do”?

MORE than 30 years ago, deficit budgeting paved the path of Ireland’s road to perdition.

IN his letter (April 12), Patrick Browne makes a good case for retaining summertime all year round.

THE tired old chestnut of retaining summertime all year round once again rears its equinocturnal head (Editorial, March 27).

TOM KINDLON (Letters, January 7) should know that only a small number of retired public sector workers live in the lap of opulence.

EVERYBODY is in favour of snipping the number of TDs, but nobody says how. Here’s how. Nowhere does the constitution say the power of two or more TDs cannot be vested in one person.

I WELCOME the reassurance given by Paul Connors, HSE director of communications, in his letter headlined ‘HSE assurance on supply of medicines’ (July 22).

THAT was an excellent letter from Micheal O’Driscoll (‘Church of one billion is a victim of mob mentality’, May 29), but I do take issue with some points.

MY household is one of those not using an authorised waste collection service. Like many others, we made a conscientious decision not to do so. We bought a compost bin, which we use daily.