NOT content with the crime of treachery (allowing the economy to inflate out of control despite the warnings), Fianna Fáil now plans on stealing some of my salary, without my permission, so that it can bail out its banker and builder friends.

YOUR series on religion in modern Ireland (March 20/21) covered the many influences shaping religion, the standing of religion in today’s society and the opportunities of the Celtic Tiger bridging the wide gap with darker economic climes when one alternative to the emigrant boat had the consoling name of “vocation”.

THE Ireland of 2007 is a very different Ireland to that of 1957 or even the Ireland of 1987.

EMILY LOGAN is the Ombudsman for Children. Appointed by an interview board made up of children, she has already begun to make a considerable impact on public policy.

THE Hurley character in the hit American television show Lost is the practical one.

Tommy Barker reports from the latest hot destination for Irish cash — South Africa.