The Taoiseach’s call (Irish Examiner, January 23) to ‘return the Coalition for the sake of recovery’ defies common sense. Not for the first time, Irish people are being sold a pig in a poke.

Michael McFaul’s editorial piece on the Syrian crisis (Irish Examiner, December 24) is disingenuous to Russia, insensitive to Europeans and offensive to the thinking mind.

Pat Rabbitte’s statement in the Irish Examiner about "licence fee evasion being an ongoing scourge" beggars belief, but also confirms just how far the Labour Party has drifted away from its core, human values and how lost the party is.