As a lay Catholic, I have several issues with RTÉ’s programmes on the occult.

I wish to refer to the programme Creedon’s Cities which was screened on RTÉ One on Sunday, Oct 27 which featured the city of Cork.

When moral, law-abiding fishermen last week landed their surplus catch of monkfish and distributed it to the local people, they highlighted one of the most nefarious practices within the ‘law’.

The draw for the Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels took place at Curraheen Park yesterday afternoon and the track is set for a bumper night’s racing this weekend with the confirmation that all 11 first round heats will be run on Saturday.

THE keynote address at the Agricultural Science Association’s annual conference in Tullow, Co Carlow, on September 10 will be given by George Lyon.

PERMIT me to comment on a rather snide remark by Tim Pat Coogan on TG4 (May 23) when he likened Éamon de Valera’s occupation in Boland’s Mills in 1916 to “the man who shot Liberty Valance”.

THE recent loss of jobs at Wyeth in Newbridge, Co Kildare, raises a moral question for Catholics working for international pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

VICTIMS of abuse involving the Catholic Church are understandably tired of the twist put on their individual tragedies and, while I am not a victim nor do I know any, I am filled with rage regarding the latest degradation of their lives by Frank O’Meara (Irish Examiner letters, October 10).

WE had been hearing for some time about this budding phenom from Tipperary, a young Kelly, but this would surely be the test. Munster U21 final, August 31 1999, Cusack Park, Ennis.

MANY people are not represented by the current political system which has substituted political correctness and spurious ‘rights’ for genuine justice.