SOME of your readers have had occasion to benefit from the services provided by the National Children’s Hospital (NCH), now in Tallaght and formerly in Harcourt Street, Dublin. Also Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin.

I AM slightly confused, maybe delusional. We are being asked to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in order to create the post of president of Europe for our current Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.