IN response to Niall Murray (March 28), it makes sense that the more you read, the better reader you become; through repeated practice, you become more fluent, learn more words, and continue to gain the skills and knowledge that hook you into a lifelong love of reading.

CHILDREN typically attend school 15% of their time, which makes access to books at home particularly important.

THE appointment of two women to the top executive positions in Limerick Chamber of Commerce should be seen as a welcome signal to businesswomen, new chief executive Maria Kelly said yesterday.