As the summer approaches, I encourage readers to be ever-vigilant of the once migratory species, ‘The Yellow Reg’.

An alien would be forgiven for thinking Ireland is a state of the US. Watching our national, TV news they would see happy-clappy, feel-good stories about our leader, Barack Obama, and his policies. They would barely know of our near-neighbours, the UK, and even of Europe.

Ryle Dwyer’s piece on the first Irish man to win an Olympic medal made for interesting reading but contains one piece of mythology that should be retired at this stage of Olympic scholarship.

IN ITS efforts to re-introduce an extinct species, the Golden Eagle Trust is sadly advocating the killing of existing species. The trust’s website discourages farmers from threatening eagles by illegally poisoning foxes and suggests that they instead shoot them.

THE demonisation of Fianna Fáil by the media for the past two years has worked at last.

I’LL take Shane Ross, David McWilliams, and Fintan O’Toole seriously when they donate all of the profits from their books to Irish charities.

I WAS shocked to see the manner in which our Green Environment Minister John dismissed all concerns and objections to his grand plan for a new Ireland lit by millions of highly suspect and expensive CFL light bulbs.

IN YOUR editorial (Irish Examiner, September 11), you speculate that the PDs may choose to promote the message that “people should not trust Sinn Féin going into government with Fianna Fáil”.

THE deal struck with Shell on the Corrib gas field is now revealed to be a complete giveaway, with no direct benefit whatever to the Irish taxpayer.

SO Transport Minister Cullen “stands over” his comments that people who legally challenge state infrastructure projects are “robbing” the taxpayers.