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Mary Stewart makes some contentious claims (‘Sarah Carey raised some very important points about debate being stifled’, Letters, January 4).

In 1924, priest Fr Seamus O’Flynn opened a school of drama in Cork city. A century on, KIERAN O’LEARY reveals how his flame is still burning bright

Congratulations to Sarah Carey (Irish Independent, December 23) for her excellent article highlighting the political and media silence on changes to our abortion law, and to Mary Stewart (Letters, December 28) for her excellent response.

Sir — On Sunday, October 29, a letter from Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan was read out before the 9am mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Tallow, Co Waterford. In it, several issues were presented for our attention. One was the lack of priests in the diocese.

Is there no end to the letters from your readers disparaging Christians (Catholics in particular) and seeking to undermine their beliefs? It is not much of an exaggeration to say that these letters are now a weekly occurrence in your columns.

Regulators want PG&E to put a protective cover over many of its overhead power lines instead of burying them. The cover approach is cheaper, but riskier.

Stock market gains in a new bull market are promising, but financial experts predict a few stumbling blocks could bring down higher stock prices. A summer rally has closed the books on the bear market of 2022, but plenty of market experts remain skeptical about the new bull market. It became official in early June, when the S&P 500 index closed 20% above its October 2022 bottom, the traditional indication that a new round of market gains is under way. The blue-chip barometer closed at 4450 ...

Meelin GAA Club reeled back the years to mark the 50th anniversary of the club completing a famous four in a row of Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship titles from 1970 to 1973.

When to claim Social Security is not a decision to be made based on emotion, such as worrying that youd better get the money now "while you can." It is

Arizona fared poorly across the board for electric-vehicle policies aimed at encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles.