WHILE it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that a computer will beat all the best human brains together at chess, there is no way it will ever come up trumps at contract bridge or solve a cryptic crossword. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Bill Gates.

WITH the death of Ronald Reagan we hear lots of garbage on his ‘winning of the Cold War’.

IF smoking was natural, would people not be born with chimneys on their heads?

CONSIDERING the musical garbage that the Eurovision Song Contest has become, is it not high time this stupid show was abolished?

I’M disgusted that the people now running the inquiry into abuse by the clergy say that they have grounds for not revealing the names of all the guilty.

WILL we ever come to our senses and force the Government to hold a referendum as to whether or not our useless Senate should be abolished?

THE recent establishment of an organisation called LOVE (Let Our Voices Emerge) has disgusted me because of the horrific beatings I received from two priests with foot canes from 1962 to 1964.

THE best way to bring about peace between Jews and Palestinians is by working on demolishing mental walls of ignorance and intransigence and certainly not by building concrete dividing walls of bigotry and racism.

I REFER to the proposed football match between the PSNI and our TDs scheduled for Dublin next week.

WHO exactly does the pop singer who goes by the name of Bono think he is?

Q. How does one spot a Man United supporter?

DOES the Catholic Church not have a huge cheek and nerve to intrude into the private sanctuary of peoples homes

Vincent Browne on RTÉ Radio 1 cuts right through the fog, hype, lies and propaganda and actually delivers an honest view of Bush’s war.