YOU reported (June 7) on geriatric abuse “where eight out of 10 cases of alleged elder abuse took place against victims who ere living at home.”

VANDALISM of our heritage should be subjected to the most severe penalties.

I WORK in the voluntary sector with people who have disabilities and I cannot believe the attack that the state has made on them in the budget.

MANY of our roads have been under water for months and there has been a rapid disintegration of county roads because of the weather.

THE booklet issued by the Referendum Commission on the Lisbon Treaty clearly states in its introduction: “If a majority of the voters vote no, then the constitution will not be changed and Ireland may not ratify the treaty.

WASN’T it great to see a new playground for children being opened in Sneem, Co Kerry, as shown in your backpage photo (December 18).

THE story of the two young men who died recently in a cyber suicide pact in a picturesque lake in Co Tyrone made very sad reading.

CARERS work quietly and alone looking after loved ones, some of whom are mentally disabled, some physically disabled, and some of whom are both.

I WAS delighted to hear Indaver Ireland has abandoned plans to build incinerators in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, and in Co Meath.

EAST Cork has been dealt another cruel blow in the run-up to Christmas. Almost 100 jobs are to be lost at Courtisan Carpets after the company announced it was bringing carpet manufacturing in Youghal to an end after 52 years.

IN his letter (Irish Examiner, August 23), Donal Fellows raises some pertinent questions relevant to the bridge under construction over the Owenacurra river, south of the Midleton bypass.

I AM angered by the problem of unfinished housing estates.

THE carnage on our roads must be ended, but that can’t happen without a consistent policy.

THERE is great concern at the way new bypass roads and motorways are being introduced. The system is dividing communities and parishes and is turning them against each other.

I congratulate the Knights of Columbanus on the establishment of Brú Columbanus House in Midleton, Co Cork.

THE pressure on students is intolerable, but even worse is the hype and nonsense around the whole process.

STEPHEN Cadogan's report of the opening of the Tinahely show (Irish Examiner Farming, August 11) gave great hope to the hundreds of people anxious to build in rural areas, but have been precluded from doing so under current planning regulations.

THERE are many families whose lives are disrupted because roads are impassable.

THE chairperson of CHASE, Mary O’Leary (Irish Examiner letters, November 18) correctly said that the job of John Ahern of Indaver Ireland is to sell incinerators and make huge profits for his overseas shareholders.