I AM writing this letter at my bedside in St James’ Hospital, Dublin, while recuperating from major surgery. One of the effects of this procedure is that my vision is unclear.

IN the wake of the third public usage of the Nazi analogy by three prominent people - a president, a priest and a politician - it is time this kind of language be dropped for good.

A peace commissioner who stole €84,995 worth of paint from his employer has received a three- year suspended sentence from Judge Donagh McConagh at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.