Any proposed change to the Constitution is serious for every citizen; it should be considered only if essential and if in the best interests of all.

Donal O’Driscoll’s argument about blood donation (February 19) doesn’t make sense.

Re the Derek Brockwell escape from Tallaght Hospital and the injury of prison officers: why are prisoners being treated as ordinary public outpatients and inpatients when they are not ‘ordinary’?

Water charges became necessary because we, the people, failed to vote for the abolition of the Seanad, an institution that costs as much, if not more, to run than does the provision of water nationwide.

Though not an adherent of any god or religion, I take exception to the full-page piece by your journalist, Kelly O’Brien, attacking aspects of the Catholic Church.

Fair play to Kerry County Council for their newly planned walk-and-cycle path. It will attract more tourists to what is a beautiful county.

The decision by An Taisce, in November, 2014, to seek a judicial review of the proposed improvement work on the section of the N86 road from Dingle to Camp has saddened, disappointed, and angered the majority of people living on the Dingle Peninsula and those who visit it regularly.

The Government has decided that we are going to have a referendum on ‘marriage equality’ later this year.

The animal cruelty scandal that has rocked Australia’s greyhound industry should give us food for thought in Ireland. Trainers were caught on camera feeding live rabbits, possums, and piglets to their dogs, as part of the ‘blooding’ process.

Your editorial (‘Attack will not change our beliefs - the right to free speech’, February 16) about recent gun attacks in Copenhagen perceptively refers to the rise in anti-semitism.