St Patrick’s Day has become a day to celebrate drink and tobacco if our city streets are anything to go by.

It is good to read in your newspaper (Irish Examiner, Mar 20) that Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton midfielder, is making progress and that he will hopefully make a full recovery and be able to return to action with his club. His surviving a cardiac arrest highlights the importance of having appropriate treatment facilities immediately to hand.

Minister Phil Hogan stated that every householder in the country who refuses to register and pay the household charge will firstly be tracked down by obtaining names and addresses from other Government agencies and this requires laws to be changed. These people will then be fined and or prosecuted.

I am writing to express my concern about the fluoride that is in the mains water in Ireland.

Reading your report on the household charge (Irish Examiner, Mar 19) I was left with the distinct impression that the Government has decided to go to war with the people of this country.

I refer to your editorial (Mar 13) on education spending.

I decided some time ago not to pay the €100 household charge.

May I, through your letters column, report the Government to the Advertising Standards Authority.

There are so many voices advocating for the interests of property owners that another even more sizeable group in our society is completely ignored.

Solution to ending the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran?