I agree with James Gleeson (Irish Examiner, February 28) concerning the possible takeover of Aer Lingus by IAG. Willie Walsh seems to be obsessed with the acquisition.

It is a pity that the politicians and media seem to have virtually ignored recent developments in the North. 

I don’t think the Government should resurrect Enda Kenny’s proposal to downgrade Irish at senior level (Matt Cooper, Feb 24), but it should revisit the counterproductive and asinine decision to scrap continental languages in national schools.

IT is true that the founder of Sinn Féin, Arthur Griffith, proposed the idea of a dual monarchy for Ireland (‘SF and monarchy’, Letters, June 29).

THE death penalty was still on the statute books during Patrick Hillery’s presidency and a number of such sentences were handed down during that period.