Despite calls from local politicians and the public, the HSE has no plans to reduce parking charges at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.

Early news bulletins this week carried the sad news that Barnardos’ extreme financial difficulties has led to the temporary closure of its Irish offices.

MONEYGALL in Co Offaly, with its newfound fame as President Barack Obama’s Irish ancestral home, could honour this gifted world leader in a way he might be really proud of while also showing commitment to the social values he holds dear.

NEEDLESS misery is caused to many elderly people with free travel passes who cannot avail of them because they can only board low-floored buses.

I HOPE your correspondent Earwicker (Irish Examiner, July 26), was being ironic when remarking that the sale of a souvenir depicting ‘A sniper at work’ — a person who was responsible for the deaths of 12 other people in the early 1990s — is in the best of taste.