HISTORY will judge the contribution of Bertie Ahern.

ONE would need a sense of humour fully to appreciate Republican Sinn Féin’s critique of the EU Reform Treaty as expressed by its vice-president Des Dalton (Letters, January 22).

Notwithstanding the offensive campaign over many years by Jack Lane to blacken the memory of Elizabeth Bowen, the holding of a Trevor/Bowen weekend in Mitchelstown and the annual service at Farahy show that many people in north Cork appreciate the area’s association with a famous writer.

I SEE from Oireachtas Report (RTÉ, November 7) that the Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has taken to reinventing history.

ONCE again we have the usual nonsense from Labour leader Pat Rabbitte (Irish Examiner, August 24).