Europeans, not least European Russians and the citizens of Ukraine, were right to tremble at the sight of Russian tanks and warships rolling into Crimea and the Black Sea.

Bill Gates has warned about the number of jobs that will be eliminated by computerisation. The Economist magazine has warned of a tornado of job elimination in office work.

I would like to propose the appointment of Noel Wardick as charities regulator.

I am writing in reply to Andrew Fagan (March 18), one of the 69 salaried lay officials of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who seeks to reprimand and silence me for writing about the departure of Ian Elliott from the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCC).

The New York St Patrick’s Day parade was a triumph for the organisers.

The 40-second internet clip of two teenagers kicking a dazed reveller in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day is the epitome of a broken generation.

Ireland’s spectacular Six Nations victory over France in Paris and the equally spectacular solo display by Brian O’Driscoll in his final international appearance will long be remembered in Irish and international sporting history.

The proposed 1% insurance levy to cover costs of flooding damage to homes that probably should never have been built in flood-prone areas is a levy too far.

In response to your headline ‘Banks to get rough on homeowners over debt’ (Irish Examiner, March 14), can I remind you that, in his column of September 14, 2013, Brian Lucey wrote: “It might be simpler for the incoming regulator to state that 35% (of after-tax income), with wriggle room of 5% either way, would represent an acceptable level of repayment for a principal private residence.

I have just watched the film, Philomena — about Philomena Lee’s search for her son — in a Maltese cinema.