So, let’s recap. Minister Varadkar gave the CIÉ companies €36m because they are broke and he wanted to avoid loss of services.

IN his letter (March 11), Michael Geary suggested the Cork Marketing Partnership’s efforts at the Shanghai Expo would be worthwhile because they would promote business tourism, and not the regular tourism that the Irish visa system discourages from China.

WHAT? Cork is spending money at the Shanghai Expo to boost tourism from China (Irish Examiner, March 3).