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I have a solution for Rory McIlroy.
Let's just clear something up
Rosie Millard (Saturday Review, May 4) reports her interviewees, who can no longer afford cleaners, as complaining that "it seemed to be the middle class that are suffering most" in the recession, with one saying: "I didn't go to university for four years in order to do this [cleaning her house]".
Why is Suarez not up in court?
LUIS Suarez has decided to acquiesce in the matter of his 10-match ban. Opinions differ as to whether his treatment at the hands of the FA is fair and reasonable. The question is why the matter rests with the FA at all.
Hold the Vivaldi, I want answers
MARY Dejevsky (Comment, May 2) would do well to try to contact the Jobcentre, or tax credit offices. She would then realise that half-an-hour listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons is the norm, rather than the exception.
I paid for my pensioner perks
WHY shouldn't I take the 'pensioner perks' – regardless of my personal wealth?
UEFA's choice of venue for final
IN 2008, Manchester United and Chelsea travelled to Moscow to play the Champions League final. This year, two German teams will travel to London. Why can't UEFA wait until after the semi-finals to decide on a venue for the final?
Show Christians some respect for their beliefs
AS a Christian I also, like Cynthia Campbell (Write Back, May 2), feel the Belfast Telegraph has been disrespectful towards Christians.
Your coverage of politics is 'schizophrenic'
THE Belfast Telegraph's reporting of political issues is now verging on the schizophrenic.
No complaints on foreign flags
READING your story about the UVF flags still flying in east Belfast (News, April 29), I note Alliance's Chris Lyttle saying the organisers have gone back on an agreement.
Viewpoint: A dubious victory for democracy
WHAT makes me laugh is that all the nationalist and republican MLAs voted in favour of the same-sex marriage Bill, yet the Catholic Church is the main opponent of it.
Same-sex marriage row harming churches
MOST politicians will tell you that, if you try to win an argument in a room and both sides of the argument resonate with a certain truth, the room will divide into two factions with usually near-equal support. So it could be with same-sex marriage.
Charities say a big thank you
ACTION MS (NI): Dungannon (Mar 1) £1,063.19; Banbridge (Mar 2) £604.21; Strabane (Mar 7) £393.49; Magherafelt (Mar 8) £579.85; Portadown (Mar 9) £1,056.91; Castlewellan (Mar 14) £228.37; Ballymoney (Mar 15) £869.43; Antrim (Mar 3) £377.55.
Queen should abdicate too
IT is now surely time for our monarch to follow Queen Beatrix's example and abdicate.
Bag tax is just shifting plastic landfill issue
THE new charge for supermarket bags is certainly a good start, but it is simply shifting the problem.
I can only praise hospital staff who treated me
I KNOW the health service is under severe criticism at present. However, in my opinion, you must speak as you find out for yourself.
Cheap shot over factory collapse
MUCH of the coverage of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh has focused on clothing chains who purchased from companies located there.
Legal way to halt fuel laundering
YOUR editorial regarding fuel laundering (Comment, May 1) is very relevant.
Same-sex couples are denied equal rights
STELLA Wilson, in her letter opposing equal marriage (Write Back, May 1), states that some factual errors need to be corrected, before going on to make some of her own.
Insulting Christians doesn't advance gay cause
I OBJECT strongly to the attitude of Robert McNeil in describing Christians opposed to gay marriage on biblical grounds as "weirdos" (News, April 30).
Scotland loss to the Union flag
ALL the talk so far about Scotland leaving the UK has been focused on the currency, defence and membership of the EU. I'm wondering what will happen to the flag.
Madeleine McCann: New suspects identified by UK police
North West 200: Live pictures plus race schedule
In Pictures: Balmoral Show
Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
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