Columns - Irish Examiner

Letters

Abortion language being manipulated

One of the first strategies for success at any given subject is the manipulation of language. First of all, the issue is obscured, and then the other side uses your phraseology.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

Don’t forget Enda told us water charges aren’t tax

Michael Mernagh wrote to suggest that combining the collection of Local Property Tax and water charges would be efficient and — in his view — might evaporate the protests.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

Ringskiddy motorway will spell traffic chaos for greater Cork area

The proposal to construct a motorway at Ringaskiddy based on the pretext that proper motorway connectivity is a TEN-T requirement for Tier 1 ports such as Ringaskiddy.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

If Bruton was in charge, 1916 would be different

As we approach 2016 the Fine Gael led government seems intent on raising the volume of what the late Conor Cruise O Brien might describe as ancestral voices of those diverse unelected individuals who brought death and destruction to the streets of Dublin in 1916.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

Should moderate imams be calling for an Islamic reformation?

It was good to read that Dr Al-Qadri called for all mosques and weekend schools to emphasise the peaceful messages of the Koran in their teachings.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

Libya isn’t a reason to not intervene in Syria

It is right that “the West,” particularly France and the UK, should be held responsible for the sins of colonialism and for the chaos in the Middle East which resulted from the imposition of arbitrary borders in the wake of the Great War.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015

Varadkar and Kenny should watch some TV

If An Taoiseach and Minister Varadkar are so “disappointed” by the INMO’s ballot for industrial action, I hope they watched the ‘fly on the wall’ documentary ‘Nurses’ which aired on RTE 2 last Thursday.

Mon, 30 Nov, 2015