Rare letters linked to Ireland’s struggle for independence, including a handwritten note by the British prime minister, which were found in a collection not seen in public for almost a century, will go on display in Cork today before the collection goes under the hammer.

The Fire Service is continuing to battle a major blaze at an oil depot in Co Kilkenny this evening.

British PM David Cameron sent commiserations to Rebekah Brooks after she resigned as News International chief executive over the phone hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron was last night flying back to London to address the crisis over phone hacking and police links with the media, cutting short a two-day visit to Africa.

Frozen Britain will endure another Arctic blast of snow and ice today as sub-zero temperatures bring more chaos to public transport, motorways and commuters.

THE discovery of human remains in the back garden of a house in the Kent town of Margate gives the address a disturbing infamy.

IN your editorial of August 31, you state, “Amazingly, some Catholic clergy are still in a position to veto the appointment of teachers to some State-funded schools…”

SOMEONE in Cork city who has decided to give up paying rent and start paying a mortgage might consider 10 Widderlings Lane.

EASY walking distance of Douglas village, proximity to the south ring road, on a bus route, schools nearby... there’ll be good interest then in 10, Trabeg Lawn off the South Douglas Road in Cork.

A SMASHING house in a smashing location is the brief summary of 10, Mossgrove, Ballincollig, by its selling agent, Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing and Associates.

A series of explosions tore through a UK oil depot early today sending flames and smoke shooting hundreds of feet into the sky.

ALI HALIMEH’s article (Sanctions may be the only way to stop Israel, the Irish Examiner, October 20) is riddled with untruths.

I WAS disgusted by the decision to close the Unemployment Centre at North Main Street, Cork (Irish Examiner, August 24).

CHARLES HAYES’ advice (Irish Examiner letters, March 19) to his Israeli friends to see the face of Christ in an old Palestinian woman makes about as much sense as if some Muslim friends were to advise him to see the face of Mohammed in a Jewish child murdered in a suicide bomb.

THE forthcoming invasion of Iraq does not yet have a sexy name code like Operation Desert Storm. A catchy title is a vital part of any modern military adventure.

JONATHAN Mahon (Irish Examiner, August 7) claims the axis of evil in the world today comprises Israel, America and Britain.

Prime Minister Tony Blair today held 75 minutes of emergency talks at No 10 in the wake of the US terror attacks.