AS a resident living close to Thornton Hall I am delighted with the Government’s commitment to review the proposal to build a new prison at Thornton Hall.

I WOULD like to draw your readers’ attention to what I consider to be a serious lapse in standards by RTÉ, our tax and license-funded ‘national’ broadcaster, which has also been dutifully echoed in some press reportage.

DOES Justice Minister Michael McDowell really believe the proposed jail at Thornton Hall will solve the overcrowding problem, which is ultimately leading to prisoner violence?

THE recent Public Accounts Committee report highlighted the inability of the Office of Public Works (OPW) to handle property deals.

BASED on figures supplied by the CSO, the average price for agricultural land in 2004 was €16,156 per hectare (about €6,500 per acre).