WHEN the pager sounds, you respond immediately.

IRELAND has more than 6,000 lakes and, according to author John Dunne, we don’t appreciate them. They are, he thinks, a neglected part of our heritage.

HOW very clever of Environment Minister Dick Roche to confine the debate about water quality to Lough Corrib when he could have mentioned loughs Sheelin, Ennell, Derg, Conn, Cullin, Currane, Carragh, Lein, Ree, Curramore or even the great Mask.