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Debate on suicide is dominated by chauvinists

The ongoing debate on suicide in formal academic circles has become swayed by gender bias. Commentary is now engrossed with male suicide as opposed to female suicide. Suicide is a phenomenon that is classless, genderless ... more

Grade inflation remarks detached and off the point

Concerning Ferdinand von Prondzynski's comment that "in the 1980s and earlier the pace was slower, and the exact grade a student got didn't matter as much" (News, 7 March). I find it hard to believe that students in Trinity College Dublin in the 1980s, during an era of ... more

Future planning must focus on east coast

At last someone speaks the truth. John Herlihy's prediction that a significant chunk of future development will be along the east coast is both accurate and welcome.

For several years now we have been banging on about the future of Ireland being dependent on the concentrated infrastructural and economic ... more

Forgive me while I laugh at your paper's expense

Call me a cynical gurrier (or worse) but I thought your headline "'Entitlements culture' made me quit – expenses watchdog" was hilarious since I took its meaning as exactly the opposite of what you presumably intended.

Thanks for my main laugh of the day.

Frank Desmond,

25 Evergreen Road,

Cork city
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Three faces only RTé television could love

When I watched The Saturday Night Show on RTé One on 27 February I was overcome with a sense of déjà vu. Andrea Roche, Rosanna Davison, and Sarah Morrissey chatting about their lives as Dublin-based models and socialites? About the bitchiness of the Miss World pageant and their very ... more

Government must seek a new mandate

I agree totally with Diarmuid Doyle's analysis (Comment, 7 March) and feel that what is needed now, rather than a government reshuffle, is a general election. Three by-elections are now pending.

This government has no mandate from the people for its highly controversial policies. The politically astute thing to ... more

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