I, AND most people that I have spoken to, are absolutely delighted that Charlie McCreevy will no longer be Minister for Finance for the following reasons.

FF and the PDs have got the hiding they have long deserved.

WELL I hate to say “I told you so,” but I agree with the anti-war campaigners who reacted with astonishment recently when the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.

I REALLY have to respond to your editorial of Saturday, October 11 — on the same day the Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) organised protest to Mountjoy Prison — attacking the anti-bin tax protestors.

AS someone who took part in last Monday’s Reclaim The Streets (RTS) street party in Dublin I wish to congratulate everyone involved for making it such a happy, fun, party day to highlight a very serious cause — that our streets and open spaces, not just in Dublin but in other cities and towns across the country, are being taken over