RYLE DWYER writes that Pearse “had no authority from the Irish people for the Easter Rebellion” (Irish Examiner, July 30). How exactly does one obtain authority for a rebellion against an occupying force?

WHEN Vonnie Munroe walked off her job in protest at the Dunnes Stores selling South African goods 20 years ago today, she did not realise that it would cost her her home.

“WE are wealthier, greedier, more self-centred and racist now in Ireland than we were 20 years ago.”