Drivers have become very bad at slowing down and obeying the rules of the road for horses and riders on the roads.

I, like many thousands, took part in the “La Mór na Gaeilge” rally recently and the majority of the protesters were young people, particularly students of Gaelcholáistí. A large number of participants came from all parts of Ireland.

Watching TV last week, I saw the Russian punk-rock band, Pussy Riot, being pepper-sprayed and horsewhipped by the Cossack militia, a law-enforcing arm of the state.

Having viewed the scenes of devastation from the storms that have battered our country over this winter.

Because of the downturn in the building industry, partially completed private housing developments have been lying unsold. Uncertainty reigned and nothing happened.

Driving to my place of employment as a PAYE worker, I listened as RTÉ’s Morning Ireland related yet another story of fellow PAYE workers seeking to hold on to some aspect of their diminishing employment conditions.

With the local elections looming, there is now talk of tax cuts and of the final price for water being known before the elections.

So the head honcho of the newly constituted Irish Water is claiming that the cost of ‘fixing’ the system he inherited is going to cost us €10 billion.

I fail to see Margaret Hickey’s (Letters, February 18) concern about children being raised by same-sex couples.

Wonderful news for the 400,000 unemployed. Our Government ministers are on the Paddy’s Day march.