IF alcohol is a drug, why is it being dispensed by people who have no qualifications to dispense drugs? Is any member of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, staff at off-licences or in supermarkets suitably qualified to do so?

I WOULD like to see Dr Chris Luke of Cork University Hospital run for the Dáil. During the head shops controversy, he was outspoken in his efforts to inform people of the deadly effects of the products being peddled to our youth.

BEFORE any property is bailed out under NAMA every single politician – national and local – top bank officials, developers and their ilk should disclose their personal interest and financial involvement with land banks, property or any other holdings that have the potential to be refinanced by public money.

Now that the Olympics are over, the post-mortems will begin in earnest and the age-old question will be asked again — why can’t we compete with the rest of the world in the various disciplines at Olympic level?

THE report by Jimmy Woulfe, headed ‘Green party suspects cover-up of health problems’ (Irish Examiner, February 4) stated that Pat and Nuala Geoghegan had started legal proceedings against Aughinish Alumina.