Straight to the

÷ WE are in danger of destroying ourselves by our rampant greed and stupidity. Greed is like sea water, the more we drink, the thirstier we become.

PAT O’CALLAGHAN, Mallow.

÷ READING Padraig Ó Donncha’s letter (Letters, May 17) I was surprised to learn the UK is not a European country. You learn something every day.

JOHN MELIA, by email.

÷ BORIS Johnson has been accused of not giving Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald any straight answers. Imagine that, a politician who doesn’t give straight answers.

KIERAN O’ROURKE, by email.

÷ THE Wagatha Christie trial has provided great entertainment although there have been a few victims thrown under the bus. FIONA KELLY,

Dundalk.