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A mental health tax should be put on beer

This week Leo Varadkar will be proposing a Public Health Alcohol Bill which will set minimum pricing of alcohol products.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

It’s easy to explain why water network is a mess

Liam Byrne tells us that the provision of water and sewage facilities in this country has become ‘a political football’ (Letters December 8).

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

It’s not Christmas for the ordinary people who see no end to austerity

Dear Santy.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

McElvaney’s little act made me howl laughing

Last Tuesday night I watched an episode of “Irish Pictorial Weekly” which I had recorded from the previous Sunday night.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

We need independent oversight of the country’s hydroelectric dams

It seems the best way to prevent this severe flooding event is to plan for them, and learn from past mistakes. The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different overcome”!

Thu, 10 Dec, 2015

Banking inquiry is just another Fine Gael fiasco

The banking inquiry has finally come to an end, but like so many other things in this banana republic, what have we learned? Nothing.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Christmas doesn’t ring true for most consumers

So it’s here again.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Children would go to school in darkness if we aligned with Europe

Every year as Ireland puts the clocks back one hour at the end of October, we hear the arguments why Ireland should drop daylight saving time or why we should even align with mainland Europe and adopt Central European Time (CET).

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015

Judicial system needs to catch up with the times

By any chance was Judge James O’Donoghue wearing a powdered horsehair periwig or more commonly, a wig, when chastising the unfortunate gentleman for disgracefully failing to wear a tie in court in Limerick last week?

Wed, 09 Dec, 2015