The planned attendance of members of the British Royal family at the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Rising has excited comment and opposition, not least from Fergus Finlay (Opinion, April 15).

Cal Hyland favourably compares our pre-independence position with our membership of the EU (Letters, April 18).

Ted Neville (Letters, April 19) makes valid points in holding politicians responsible for the bank collapse.

The closures of post offices would be unacceptable and another blow to what remains of rural Ireland, where banks, garda stations and health clinics have closed.

I refer to your article of April 15, which quoted MEP Green Party candidate, Grace O’Sullivan, as claiming wind energy can replace fossil fuel.

According to the Dublin City Council website, “water-leakage levels have been reduced from 43% to 29%, from 1997 to 2009.”

Local election candidates are setting out their views to voters.

Ireland welcomes foreign students who want to study English. The student visa gives us permission to work for 20 hours per week and we must have €3,000 in our bank account and have health insurance. Dublin is a great city. But as soon as I got here the dream was less than perfect.

The generosity of Tom Cavanagh in donating €45,000 towards the purchase of a Garda bus to support community policing in Gurranabraher (Irish Examiner, April 17) is commendable.

The Health Minister James Reilly has reportedly warned GPs that government — not doctors — sets policy. This statement was followed up with the Cabinet approval of free GP care for the under-6s.