LAST Saturday night RTÉ radio hosted a conversation between a politician and a reporter.

WHILE enjoying a relaxed Saturday morning's breakfast I almost choked on my rashers on noticing your piece (Irish Examiner, March 6) about the waste management company Indaver's plans to 'counter misinformation' with a new publicity campaign regarding their proposed hazardous and toxic waste incineration facility for Cork.

A SERIOUS property tax on holiday houses — private or commercial — is overdue.

RYLE DWYER bemoans the “long shadow of the hierarchy over Government Buildings” (Irish Examiner, Nov 1).

LAST Sunday was a great day for West Cork as two outstanding football teams from the region had a very sporting contest in the Cork county senior football final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

I REFER to William Ever’s letter (Irish Examiner, Sept 19), in which he says that Irish is a dead language.

ANNE CADWALLADER’S article on ethnic cleansing in Belfast (Irish Examiner, September 15) shows that not much has changed in over 200 years, even down to referring to Catholics as Taigs.

I HEARD it said that after the Iraqi war was over, the United States and Britain would use money from Iraqi oil to finance the reconstruction of that country. What a brilliant idea — using the wealth of these poor people to repair the devastation caused

THE US bishops have urged the US Administration to step back from the brink of war, saying clearly they find it difficult to justify.

I COULD not believe my eyes when I read ‘Pick Of The Day’ in the TV schedule in the Weekend Examiner last Saturday.

GOD bless Ireland, where a journalist is thrown in jail because his mobile rings in court, and where the respectable rich can use their money to stay out of prison.