Alison Hackett News Today

Your editorial of February 19 on the RTÉ debacle highlighted the importance of an independent, trusted and diversified media.

The price of stamps is rising again. It now appears the days of the writing pad are numbered.

Your readers might be familiar with the saying “from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”.

<strong>Letters</strong>:<strong> </strong>Readers respond to an article by Jonathan Freedland on the decline of politics on both sides of the Atlantic

One valid point is missing in the equation that is the human rights dimension. The dehumanisation, demoralisation and demonisation of human beings, refugees and the loss of biodiversity is unacceptable. Many families endure the ravages of Covid in loss of income and human life. We must turn this colossal adversity into an opportunity to save human life and dignity and, in the words of David Attenborough, “cherish the natural world because we are part of it and we all depend on it”. Dr Munje...

As we all know, an issue of crucial importance in tackling the Covid pandemic is the acquisition, distribution and injection of approved Covid vaccines. Life will not return to some type of normality until most of the population of our island are fully vaccinated. Normality is likely to continue to require that those travelling into Ireland require a mix of pre-travel Covid testing and quarantining. It is probable that once vaccination programmes are fully rolled out and completed, many countri...