THE controversy over Deputy Kathleen Lynch’s representation on behalf of a convicted paedophile rapist again raises the issue of the value of political representations.

I AM deeply disturbed by the increasing number of Irish neo-fascists. Every time there is a murder they call for armed police, for the army to patrol the streets, for the removal of defendants’ rights and the brutalisation of prisoners. The way they go on, you would think Ireland was overrun by criminals and was about to become an anarchic failed state like Somalia.

ONE of Fianna Fáil’s ‘next steps’ in the last general election was to “tackle the evil of sectarianism which threatens the shared society we seek to achieve on this island”.

AER Lingus has removed three international flights a day to Heathrow from Shannon and replaced them with three domestic flights a day to Heathrow from Belfast International Airport, which is over 20km from the city centre.

IN the coming months the constituency commission will be redrawing boundaries to accommodate the changes in population reflected in the 2006 census.

I AM disappointed that the Taoiseach has again refused to atone for the questionable indemnity deal he agreed with the Catholic Church.

THE figures from the Central Statistics Office showing that public sector workers are paid up to 40% more than those in the private sector must have made the blood of every employee in the latter category soar past boiling point.

I AM surprised that Dana Scallon (Irish Examiner, February 18), an MEP of over four years' experience, appears to be confused about the mention of the supremacy of European law in the proposed European constitution.