As foot-in-mouth merchant Silvio Berlusconi finishes his first week of community service, Dave Kenny picks some examples of other people who’ve been in hot water with the political correctness brigade.

A Cork psychotherapist is set to join world-renowned self-help gurus like Susan Jeffers and Eckhart Tolle on the bookshelves.

Catholic fanatics in the Philippines had themselves nailed to the cross in a bloody display of religious frenzy as the Christian world marked the day Jesus was crucified.

THE Broadcasting Commission’s attempt to tie up Veritas in knots over its advertising of religious products for Christmas is just another example of political correctness gone crazy.

THERE is a need to change broadcasting legislation following the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland decision to disallow the most recent Veritas advert.

THE ban on Veritas radio advertising radio is a complete nonsense.

I AGREE with your editorial (December 6) that the decision by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) to ban a Christmas radio advert by Catholic booksellers Veritas is “utterly, mind-numbingly stupid”.

I AM almost driven to despair by recent trends in this ever-so-enlightened country of ours.

I WISH to offer my support to Veritas in their efforts to air Christmas advertising on RTÉ.

THE decision by the Broadcasting Commission to ban an advert for Veritas has been roundly condemned by politicians.

IT SEEMS we’ve swapped the tyranny of the crozier for the far more subversive tyranny of political correctness.

Former police chief Brian Paddick, tennis star Martina Navratilova and ex-MP Robert Kilroy-Silk will be joining Wags and faded pop and soap stars in the latest series of 'I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'.

GERRY RYAN’S “risqué stream of consciousness” didn’t work for RTÉ as an excuse for the presenter encouraging comedian Julian Clary to read a “sexually explicit” passage of his book on morning radio during school holidays.

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint made against Gerry Ryan's radio show on RTE's 2fm.

THE behaviour of the anti-Lisbon treaty group Libertas in personalising attacks and manufacturing ‘facts’ is appalling.

Cardinal Sean Brady has described the controversy surrounding the use of the word 'crib' in a radio advertisement as political correctness gone crazy.

THE Mater Hospital has insisted no public money will be used to fund a threatened legal action against patient rights campaigner, Janette Byrne.

THE US revenue authorities are looking to recoup nearly €800 million from software company Symantec, claiming it used its Irish subsidiaries to reduce its tax bill.

Niamh Nolan reports on the 50th anniversary of a unique industry.

Takeover fever on Wall Street fuelled a festive feeling on the London market today.

Stocks moved higher on Wall Street today as the Federal Reserve issued a widely expected interest rate rise and investors welcomed the prospect of a merger in the software industry.

Veritas Software, said yesterday it agreed to acquire email backup company KVault Software for $225 million (€184.6 million) in cash.

Religious and spiritual bookshop Veritas has opened its seventh outlet in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.

THE Catholic Church is living in a time warp and is being led by a phalanx of right-wing conservatives, according to a leading priest’s new book.

TOP Cat DJ Carey is renowned for his goal and point-scoring sprees. But the Kilkenny hurler has never been on a drinking spree in his life.

US troops were today moving toward the coast of Liberia to support the arrival of a West African peacekeeping force after 26 Liberians were killed in mortar fire in the besieged capital, Monrovia.