More than a billion people worldwide viewed the miraculous rescue of the 33 trapped miners in Chile and US President Barak Obama seized the opportunity to remind the world of the enormous part US technology played in the rescue operation, citing of NASA and various American companies.

THE worst flooding ever experienced in Cork city, especially along the Lee Valley last month, was caused by a combination of flash floods and the release of an inordinate volume of water from the Inniscarra dam.

THE response by Dr Anthony Beese (Letters, October 12) to my letter in praise of the Old Head golf course in Kinsale as the most spectacular in the world (October 9) was a sad assessment of an asset that should make all Irish people feel very proud.

THE Old Head of Kinsale golf links last week was breathtaking as it basked in our Indian summer.

THE Taoiseach’s recent comment that BUPA was out to ‘screw’ the elderly and ‘crocks’ like himself showed how much the Government is out of touch with reality on this issue.