Straight to the POINT

÷ WITH the long list of promises and guarantees on the National Maternity Hospital due soon from our Government, will they assure us that the final cost will actually be met? I for one will not be holding my breath.

ROBERT WARD, Cavan. ÷ IN light of British MP Neil Parish’s recent escapades, is it time to throw out my old tractor mags in the loft?

FRANK GUNN, by email.

÷ INTERESTING that recent reports of Nessie [Loch Ness Monster] being sighted should happen right at the start of the tourist season!

DICK SISMAN, via email. ÷ THE civil service is like a Rolls-Royce… politicians know it’s the best machine in the world, but are not quite sure how to deal with the mandarins!

PAT O’CALLAGHAN, Mallow, Co. Cork.