It is pathetic for a man of Fr Joe McDonald’s position in society to call for the resignation of two of the leading politicians whose decisions in government rescued us from the calamity of the bankruptcy and bailout of 2010 [Letters, March 15].

At the end of every street, and in every village across Ireland install a top-of-the-range water pump, shower and toilet (to be kept in pristine condition by the council, with hourly cleaning).

A large number of those on the social housing waiting lists nationwide are single, one or two bed apartments would solve their accommodation problem.

The American colonies had been at war with Great Britain, in the American Revolutionary War, for over a year before they issued their Declaration of Independence in 1776.

As someone who put his name before the electorate at the recent general election, it is galling to see the inaction of those who were successful in forming a government.

The 50th anniversary of the fall of Nelson’s Pillar on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, coming as it does on the centenary of the Easter Rising, provides a timely opportunity to replace the non-descript Spire, which currently occupies the former ground of the once-famous pillar.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil need to tie the knot and be done with it.

In the words of Pádarig Colum “I pray to God on high, I pray him night and day” ...that I am wrong.