LETTERS
Thursday, May 24, 2012
As one who holds the view that this country is bankrupt because the powerful people in government, financial institutions etc were not adequately held to account by the free press, I am in agreement with Colette Browne when she criticises minister Rabbitte for his ‘attack on political media’ (May 23).
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
The debate on next week’s referendum on the Fiscal Stability Treaty is in danger of becoming obscured by a plethora of issues that have nothing to do with the text of the treaty.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Should the Irish people approve the amendment to the Constitution on May 31 they will be giving their consent to a perpetual poverty trap for our children and generations to come, in which we: sign away the economic sovereignty and independence of Ireland in a hostile permanent takeover contract, accept a set of automatic punishments, for any failure to meet austerity (i.e. cuts) and taxation targets.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
The argument is getting stronger that those driving push bicycles on our roads should be forced to take out insurance.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
While listening to Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore repeating the need to placate and keep sweet investors, businesspeople, etc above all else as he debates the Fiscal Treaty, I recall Woodrow Wilson’s words; “The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Why was Threshold featured in the Prime Time programme on the problems a minority of tenants face with an even tinier number of landlords who it is claimed do not live up to their responsibilities?
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
As a Fine Gael supporter of many years, it is sad to witness the inability of the Government, with all its resources, to rationally explain the illusive if doubtful benefits of the Fiscal/Austerity Treaty in plain English or in Irish.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
One must compliment Mr Christopher Heaphy on his courage and Fr O’Neill and Bishop Lee for allowing Mr Heaphy to speak at Mass (Irish Examiner, May 21).
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
I am compelled to respond to the disingenuous letter from Stephen Faughnan (May 16) claiming that most tenants in the private rental sector are happy with landlords.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Congratulations to the Governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, for taking a pay cut!
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Last Saturday, Leinster became only the second team ever to win back-to-back European Rugby Cup titles.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
I completely disagree with Emmet Murphy’s comments on Labour (or Imitation Left as I prefer to call them) being likened to Caesar.
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