LIKE Vincent Wood (Letters, Nov 10), I too have been given space here to express disgust and concerns about the behaviour of those whose malign ideology landed us in the dreadful place that we are now in.

IT’S little wonder that Mary Harney has disappeared from public discourse.

SO, a wet week after playing a central role in bringing us all down, the Bank of Ireland have regained the brass neck that they need to get stuck into their customers again.

IF we are truly to see a change in the political and economic system in Ireland, then all whose aims are for a progressive and equal society need to come together and present a vision as a distinct alternative to the status quo.

THE re-election of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is a hugely significant development in global politics.