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IT will be at least ten years before anyone will need to worry about what procedures will or will not be available in the new National Maternity Hospital.

FRANK FARRELL, via email. WITH the cost of living ever-increasing: bring back the €9 pub meal!

COLM JOLLY, Dublin. THE nominees are Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Rebecca Vardy and Coleen Rooney. And the Oscar goes to…

JOHN CAESAR, Dublin. ÷ WHY does a footballer’s wife need an agent?

BRIAN CHRISTLEY, Wales. ÷ I LOVED the article on celebs turning up at an event in the same dress. I went to a party in the 1970s wearing a skirt I’d made out of curtain material only to find that I matched the lampshades at the venue.

J KENYON, via email.