May I suggest as an additional support to those suffering from mental health concerns as detailed in Irish Examiner (March 19), a timely celebration of the Sacrament of Confession?

“What is needed now is action and not just pious words.” Your concluding editorial comment on the urgency of response required for distressed citizens is right on the money (Irish Examiner, March 19). But what action?

It is unfortunate that a small but well-organised and vocal segment of the ‘no’ campaign have attempted to frame the marriage equality debate as a child protection issue. 

Taoiseach Enda Kenny opined: “I don’t think it is a wise thing for politicians to employ family members”, in response to the disclosure that Fine Gael TD, John Perry, is employing his wife as a parliamentary assistant, on an annual salary scale that can rise to €49,000, with the potential to earn further in over-time.

I hear rumours that the lotto company is planning to increase the numbers “to make the game more exciting”. To make the game more exciting, it would be great to have a better chance of winning something, not a much smaller chance.

A while back, I was glancing through the Sligo Champion newspaper, and I noticed, a couple of pages in, the face of Tom MacSharry, the mayor of Sligo.

I agree with Elle Maher (Irish Examiner Letters, March 18) that children are the most vulnerable of citizens and that their needs should always come first. However, her belief that adoption by same-gender couples conflicts with the needs of the child does not accord with reality.

In taking Robert Pierce to task, Rossa McMahon asserts that at heart the referendum is about equality.

It is sometimes said a team learns more from its defeats than from its victories.

Jen is just one of my lovely nieces.