What a cruel, heartless world. Bombs are planted, and people killed, for a cause.

Savita Halappanavar was a tragic victim of our State’s restrictive legal position on abortion.

As much as I feel for Praveen Halappanavar’s loss, Ireland should not be blackmailed into introducing abortion-on-demand just because abortion is a cultural norm in Mr Halappanavar’s home country.

‘Outrageous’ is the word to describe the possibility of the Government legalising abortion where there is a risk of suicide.

One wonders what ‘courage’ it takes to ban school children from exchange visits because of their nationality (Letters, Apr 16)?

Hearing and looking at some of the TV coverage and reading media reports about the Boston atrocity, It appears to me that the US has become an armed police state that suffers regular hysterical outbursts.

When President Higgins addressed the European Parliament recently he expressed recurring concern that the founding values of the European Union are being threatened and disregarded.

Senator Rónán Mullen dismisses many of the arguments advanced in the abortion debate, because “there is no scientific evidence for them”.

Billy McElligott (Letters, Apr 13) says Gerry Adams was selective in stating that Margaret Thatcher had prolonged the Irish conflict.

The Croke Park talks have failed.