Straight to the POINT

÷ WHEN politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more selfserving than public servants. PAT O’CALLAGHAN,

Mallow, Co. Cork.

÷ I’VE been reading in various media news reports of the search for the Shackleton ship HMS Endurance being called off, ‘due to horrendous weather and pack ice’. It looks like Antarctic ice is not disappearing at a rate the climate change scientists have been predicting? TOM BALDWIN, Midleton, Co. Cork.

÷ GAMBLING is a serious scourge and must be tackled (Mail). The proliferation of adverts for gambling firms when watching sport on TV is absurd. If I had a betting addiction I’d find it impossible to tolerate. J. CAREY, Dublin 9.