Only 34% of IDA funding has gone to projects outside of Dublin and Cork (whereas the Government edict requires 50%). That means 66% was granted to Dublin and Cork, but how does that divide between them?

The number of properties sold in Dublin soared by 13% in the first half of the year, research showed.

It is time to reform the Oireachtas.

Pamela Duncan now joins with Pat Spillane in their appeal to save the Kerry GAA team.

Do you think that the bankers, politicians, developers, RTÉ directors and general toffs who play at the golf course beside Saint Vincent’s at Elm Park in Dublin 4 would give up a few acres for a new children’s hospital?

I have a small indoor aerial and 4 channels.

THE motley aspirants to the position of President of Ireland prompt me to suggest that when the presidential ballot paper is being prepared, serious consideration must be devoted by the Government to providing all Irish people with the opportunity to do away with the office.

Two teenage boys charged over a drink-fuelled attack on a youth, who was allegedly kicked on the head as he lay on the ground, have been remanded on bail.

YOUR report (September 30) about the submission by Cork Chamber of Commerce regarding the docklands development was very interesting.

SENATOR Terry Leyden (Letters, February 28) is correct in saying TDs and senators should avail of parliamentary privilege in their “duty in the Oireachtas to fight for, and to be a voice for, those whom we represent”.

A SWEET little semi in Dundrum, Dublin 14, comes with a quiet location and a very private, back garden.

A €90,000 payout has been handed to a former postal worker discriminated against because of his age, it emerged today.

BILL HURLEY (Irish Examiner letters, February 17) asks why Cork airport cannot emulate Knock?

IF YOU’VE a million dollars to spend on a new home and a three-bed semi in south Dublin doesn’t catch your imagination, those willing to travel can find exotic alternatives.

CORK Airport is to be congratulated for achieving 24.7% growth last month.

The lives of a number of people have been severely affected by an ex-Garda Special Branch member who caused death and serious injury to others while drink driving, an inquest has heard.

Admission to third level education has tripled over the last 25 years, it emerged today

MY heart goes out to the sugar beet factory workers and to the beet-growing farmers who, by all accounts, will be out of a job very shortly.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen got it in the neck on Budget Day from organisations such as SIPTU, the National Women’s Council and the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) for neglecting the childcare issue.