IF a convicted rapist seeks to escape jail on a technicality, surely they should be refused on that basis alone.

ANYONE who has had planning permission refused will surely feel a measure of indignation at our State’s céad míle fáilte to Peter Stringfellow and his 100 ‘exotic’ dancers (Irish Examiner, January 10).

IS it absolutely necessary for us to affix the adjective ‘ailing’ to the Pope each time he is mentioned?

CONGRATULATIONS to the Irish Examiner for highlighting the Darfur crisis in Sudan (August 23) just when one was beginning to believe that the impending starvation of millions of people was merely a figment of the imagination.