Straight to the POINT

÷ GORDON Banks – the great man didn’t need a knighthood. He was without doubt the greatest keeper England ever produced. I followed his career since my childhood, he was my hero. RIP Gordon Banks. GERRY WHELAN, Waterford. ÷ I’M SO glad friends of Meghan Markle are leaping to her defence, with George Clooney saying she is being vilified like Princess Diana. Meghan has done nothing wrong except distance herself from relatives she never engaged with before she was a royal. DIANE SILVA, by email. ÷ THE real cause of strikes in this country is the high cost of renting accommodation. This is why nurses need more money to survive. NOEL HARRINGTON, Kinsale, Co. Cork.