Robert Sullivan (Letters, June 6) says the health cuts in Cork are “just too sad”.

When is all foreign aid going to be cut off completely by stupid Irish governments, who like to pretend we’re self-sacrificing and holier than the Pope?

Has Mr Shatter considered abolishing the garda force altogether?

When I hear the term, ‘The Gathering’, I can’t help thinking it means something Poe, Hitchcock, or King, might write about.

The drinks’ companies and their ‘Drinkaware.ie’ rubbish might be a little credible if they sought not to distance themselves from the horrendous damage alcohol wreaks in Irish society.

Why is there not a stop put to all overseas aid and the money diverted for use in alleviating poverty in Ireland?

King Edward VII’s hospital where the unfortunate nurse who took her own life worked, had no right to contact the Australian radio show to complain about the young presenters who were only having a bit of broadcasting fun regarding the royals.

The Supreme Court said the Government acted unlawfully in presenting information and spending regarding the referendum, yet it went ahead anyway.

It’s becoming noticeable that when EU governments allude to pensioners, it is always with the added ‘admonition’ that older folk are living longer now, and costing more because of this. What next?

I have another wonderful idea to share with you all.

In the latest potential coup for the liberal agenda, which will see gay marriage become a confusing possibility — that all must concur with or be labelled intolerant or even racist — a simple couple of questions comes to mind.

Robert Sullivan (Letters, May 24) questions the need for the existence of Threshold, the National Housing Charity.

A passenger train carrying 98 passengers in New York has collided with the back of a freight train, causing injuries to 68 people on board.