AS a fellow journalist, I wish to congratulate you on your brilliant front page based on the 1916 proclamation (‘Proclamation of dependence’, November 19) on the sorry financial state of the land of my blood.

IT must be difficult for small children to grasp the concept of something like swine flu.

Those looking for a starter home with some character would do well to give this property at 4, Hillview, Cobh, the once-over.