Clearly we can march till the cows come home, we can vent our national spleen on Talk to Joe and we can waste acres of forests writing to the papers.

If you are the parent of a schoolchild at primary or secondary level the inevitable stress and concern regarding their options for third level becomes all-encompassing.

I am writing in response to Peter O’Dwyer’s article, in the Irish Examiner, on the “very generous” welfare payments EU citizens in Ireland “enjoy” (‘EU Citizens enjoy ‘very generous’ welfare here’, Oct 29).

The indignation of so many over recent days is interesting, especially when one considers the myopic indifference to infant children, being cradled by ‘guardians’, to promote their begging business.

The Irish Examiner reported (Tuesday, Oct 15, 2013) that the chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said that the fluoridation of water was not a risk to the public. This opinion is not accepted in most developed countries.

Regarding the letter from Danny Buckley and his car rental in Cork.

On spreading out the Irish Examiner supplement on our family breakfast table on Saturday, I was taken aback at the use of certain words in Aida Austin’s much-awaited column.

In matters of tribulation, a point is reached when enough really is enough.

Well done to Cork senior footballer Eoin Cadogan “Top GAA figures urge men to share problems” (Irish Examiner 30/10/13) for urging people in emotional distress “to realise that there was nothing wrong with ‘opening up’.

That was a ‘timely’ letter from Maurice Fitzgerald, on Oct 30 (“It’s time to end summertime”).