Paddy Burns’s letter (Irish Examiner, February 13), ‘Bishops should open churches to homeless’, suggests that homelessness would be solved if people bedded-down on church floors, gawking up at rich frescoes of St Raphael, marble columns, and ornate ceilings, amid the gold leaf and marble of the country’s stunning and sacred churches, while leaving behind empty beer cans and drug paraphernalia.

The country’s largest credit union — St Raphael’s Garda Credit Union — has reported a net profit of €7.3 million for its latest financial year, with reserves rising to record levels.

PHILIP WALLACE professes to be mystified by Good Counsel’s failure to win All-Ireland colleges titles.