WHY is all this talk about the possibility of Michael McDowell applying to join Fine Gael?

I AM surprised at the reaction to Leo Varadkar’s question to Mary Coughlan in relation to third party comments on her behaviour and performance of her duties when the personalised vulgar abuse commonly used as a modus operandi by some members of the government frontbench elicits no similar reaction from the media.

I WAS surprised at Micheál Martin’s recent call for a “clear statement of intent” from the incoming US administration that it will end extraordinary rendition and close Guantanamo Bay. Surely as Minister for Foreign Affairs he should have known that Barack Obama and John McCain both stated they intended to do just that if either became president.

I CONGRATULATE Gerry Adams on his success in getting Sinn Féin to support the PSNI.