Dónal Óg Cusack’s article (Irish Examiner, May 2) is replete with examples of taboo terms deemed discriminating. Alas, however, even Dónal Óg is seemingly prone to the odd lapse.

JASON FITZHARRIS (Irish Examiner letters, February 5) has a narrow notion of Irish neutrality.

ARTS, Sport and Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue praised the Ken Loach film The Wind That Shakes The Barley for showing “the worst barbarities of imperialist power”.