During the first half of the last century, 163 people were officially executed throughout the island — 149 in the 26 counties, and 14 in the North.

Limerick travel to face Wexford today in Division 1B of the National Hurling League, hoping for more league points after picking up their first win of the campaign last weekend.

APART from the ‘tadhg a dhá thaobh’ stance of Ryle Dwyer in his column on a ‘week of apologies’ (Irish Examiner, February 12), he cannot pass up any chance to denigrate the men and women who fought and died for Irish independence.

VINCENT BROWNE was utterly indignant on his programme on Tuesday night as he launched into the Irish Times over the column in which Kevin Myers used the term “bastards” in an offensive and distinctly insensitive way.