My wife and I were in Dublin city during the week, after a long absence. It may be a while again before we decide to go there.

The reports that a high percentage of nurses are being bullied in our hospitals on a daily basis is disturbing indeed.

Congratulations to abuse victim Mairia Cahill on receiving the “Thirst for Justice Award”, which was so well deserved. She has pledged to continue to campaign for justice — particularly any kind of abuse involving children.

A slap on the the child’s hands is corporal punishment, and will, without doubt, leave it’s violent mark on the child,

I advise RTÉ to have a serious look at their new lottery show Million Euro Challenge. 

Miriam alone makes licence fee worth paying

As a past student of Blackrock College I support the Government’s proposed legislation ensuring all schools have an open-door admissions policy to all children.

Reading extracts from Ivan Yates’ autobiography brought back unpleasant memories of my own boarding school years, from 1958 to 1969. As Ivan says, the ethos of the boarding school, back then, and its treatment of small boys, seems incredible by today’s standards. The worst aspect of it was the constant fear.

The death of the beautiful Lauren Bacall reminded me once again of one of my favorite Bogey/Bacall movies, To Have and Have Not.

Robin Williams was 63. I am 63. Words fail me.

This is a letter nobody should be writing at any time; I even feel a sense of guilt, because of its subject matter — the dreadful evil of the killing of children in the Gaza conflict.

One opinion I have seen written since the dreadful Tuam story broke in the media is: That the public must consider the tragedy in the context of the country’s economic and social profile of the time.

For many years one of the greatest ways to relax was a visit to the cinema.