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

I FIND it scandalous that the Government parties — in particular Fianna Fáil — have consistently lied to people since the decision to drop universal entitlement to a medical card for the over-70s.

MY former colleague in Fine Gael, Barry Walsh (Letters, May 9) is mistaken if he believes the party’s Irish language policies are sufficient to satisfy the goals of the Irish language community.

I WATCHED the TV debate about Irish being used in the Northern Assembly (BBC 1, October 9).

THE announcement that Fianna Fáil is to consider the possibility of becoming an all-island party is to be welcomed. Northern Ireland is a small place and nationalists should be able to vote for several all-island parties.