The Woolwich murder is tragic and a nation mourns the death and commiserates with the family of the slain man.

Shouldn’t the 80% of Irish people who want abortion legislation made into law excommunicate themselves?

The tragedy of male suicide has received widespread media coverage.

So Alan Shatter gets away with a roadside Garda breath test because he was a bit “wheezy” from asthma?

According to a recent article in the Irish Examiner (Male teens four times more prone to suicide, May 21,) Prof Kevin Malone, author of a report on suicide claims there is a “highly significant” risk associated with older male teenagers.

It is disgraceful that the bill supposedly designed to protect women in pregnancy has no protection from rapists.

It is with great disappointment that I learned recently of the veiled threat of the potential excommunication of politicians voting in favour of the proposed abortion legislation.

Regarding your article ‘Detected blight strain linked to Great Famine’, I ask ‘what we are to do with this information’?

On my recent visit to my hometown of Clonakilty I was so delighted to find a truly delightful Irish country town; the colourful facades; the clean streets; the pedestrian friendly squares; the multiplicity of eating places have made it into a vibrant West Cork town.

Jerry Buttimer reckons the abortion legislation might not make the Government’s deadline of being ready before the summer.