As we approach a number of centenary commemorations over the next few years, most especially the 1916 Easter Rising, the 1918 General Election and the First Dáil Éireann in 1919, calls have been made to be as inclusive as possible as we remember these, and other events, in which citizens died.

FÁILTE go hÉireann, your Serene Highness, Queen Elizabeth II.

THE indignant rant of Pierce Martin (Letters, January 12) in response to my letter of January 5 (‘Intellectual giant who turned into a political pygmy’) clearly shows that even three generations into partition, and all the horrors that have flowed from that seismic event, there are still some among us who resent the removal of British colonialism from Ireland.

NEXT weekend marks the 90th anniversary of the 1918 general election, the last British election in which the people of the 26 Counties participated.

I WOULD take issue with Robin Bury’s statement that the Irish people “knew that Ireland would get Home Rule when World War 1 ended (Irish Examiner letters, November 8)”.

WITH reference to Cal Hyland’s letter (Irish Examiner, January 6), I think it is hypocritical to condemn violence while being prepared to benefit from its fruits by living in a state which gained independence largely thought its use.