One of the reasons I attended the demonstration last Saturday at the Labour Party conference, along with many others from Glór na Tuaithe, was to protest against the closing of Garda stations in rural Ireland.

Further protests are expected today outside Leinster House as the controversial septic tank legislation enters its final stages in the Dáil.

REMEMBER the joke, what’s the difference between Ireland and Iceland?

SEVERAL of your correspondents have expressed concern as to what our fellow Europeans will think of us if we say ‘no’ to Nice.