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The University College Galway Students' Union was originally established in 1911 as the Students' Representative Council. This council lasted only a short time but its reestablishment was proposed in 1913 and by the 1920s, it was firmly established. In the 1960s, it was formally developed into the University Students' Union, then known as Comhairle Teachta na Mac Leinn or CTM for short. It was formed in 1964, the function of the union as per the constitution was “to represent its members and promote, defend and vindicate the rights of its members at all levels of society.”

Sarah Carey’s article (‘It’s wrong to oppose greenways in hope of railways that might never happen’, Irish Independent, April 27) was, as always, concise and to the point.

Sir — For more than 43 years the Stardust families sought truth and justice. For much of that time it must have seemed that the families — with grief and love in their hearts — walked alone, except for the few who stood by them.

Sir — One week on from a well-intentioned ESRI study declaring that 67.3pc of people in the Republic live in homes that are too big for their needs, homeowners of a certain vintage could be forgiven for an unmerited feeling of ­being partially to blame for the housing crisis.

Long-standing TD and two-time minister of State ‘championed the needs of those facing inequality and disadvantage’