Breaking the euro link and devaluing the new punt would be a woeful and historic blunder, and simply a beggar-thy-neighbour policy.

Your editorial (Mar 6) made a gallant effort in defence of the practice of taxpayers footing the bill for the funding of private fee-paying schools.

There has been a lot of talk that the mobility allowance scheme was discriminatory as only people below 66 could apply.

The new property tax is almost upon us and Josephine Fehily of the Revenue Commissioners has stated that the tax will be unavoidable for all property owners. However, it is apparent that tenants will not be liable for this tax.

I have thought long and hard about our present situation.

It saddens me to write this letter, however, it involves a lot of ladies in Irish life today. Lately, we have been exposed to the horror stories of the Magdalene Sisters, especially in Cork, and how they treated young girls in their so-called convents.

I do not agree at all with Séan Óg Ó hÁlpin’s story (Feb 26).

Your report (Mar 6) that the Taoiseach and Tánaiste plan to “outline today progress on the programme for Government” under an event entitled “The Plan Is Working”, sat very uneasily alongside another waffle-free report that clearly showed the opposite; the report of the 36% surge in the numbers of households unable to afford to maintain their gas supply.

It was with much sadness that I learnt of the death of the President of Venezuela, a man whom put himself forward to the people 14 times.

Matt Cooper recently (Opinion, Mar 1) wrote about the TV licence and what he called public service broadcasting.