Instead of the solutions currently being suggested, may I suggest that for the next five years all mortgages on principal private residences be made capital only.

For years the Government has been telling us that ‘investing’ in road-building will bring prosperity to Ireland.

In relation to Matt Harper’s letter (Mar 7) on mothers who are free ‘to choose either to stay at home or take up part-time, low paid, self-fulfilling work’ while men remain as breadwinners — in what world does this actually happen?

Your editorial of Mar 5 contained much food for thought.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s recent statement regarding child abuse is grave and ominous.

While watching BBC Northern Ireland’s news last Tuesday evening, I was surprised and delighted to see a report on the weekly protest, held every Sunday morning by the people of Ballyhea in Cork, against the bailout of Irish banks.

The Football Association of Ireland should be made to review the awarding of the fitting out of suits and clotheswear for the European Championship this summer to a UK company in the face of huge unemployment among first-class retailers in Ireland.

I’m glad I am not a FG backbencher.

Before the last General Election, Fine Gael and Labour issued a lot of ‘promissory notes’ to the Irish people which promised a pay-back if elected.

If a sewage system in urban areas is repaired, new pipes fitted or updated to a more modern system, it would be paid for by the State or by the tax payers in general.