WE read about famines in Sierra Leone, Somalia and other African States. Then we read about the US and the UN looking for billions of dollars from other countries to rebuild the infrastructure in Iraq, which was bombed into ruins by American and British forces.

A TEACHER who publicly challenged the manner in which her union, the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, was conducting a national dispute two years ago, was immediately ostracised and bullied by a majority of colleagues.

A TEACHER forced to resign after being bullied by her colleagues for criticising the union, won a landmark ruling yesterday, when the Employment Appeals Tribunal ruled she was constructively dismissed.

I AM looking at a picture of a young boy (Irish Examiner, April 7), and a caption that reads: “Ali Ismail Abbas: a missile destroyed his home, left him an orphan and blew off both his arms.”