Letters
Didn’t we know that farmers run this country
Didn’t we know that farmers run this country

I’m at a loss to understand why people were so surprised to discover that the Secretary General of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Pat Smith was earning a salary almost twice that of the Taoiseach.

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015

Overseas aid can’t be chosen over education
Overseas aid can’t be chosen over education
Cork south-west TD, Jim Daly, “believes primary schools must put an end to demanding cash payments from parents”. 

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015

ITs are underfunded so education standards are already suffering
ITs are underfunded so education standards are already suffering
Lunch-time protests will be staged this Thursday, November 26, by lecturers and research staff at the 14 institutes of technology (ITs).

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015

From 1916 to 2016
From 1916 to 2016
Have there been 1,916 cuts?

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

Drastic cutting of LEADER funding is a wilful attack on rural Ireland
Drastic cutting of LEADER funding is a wilful attack on rural Ireland
The European Rural Parliament met in Scharding, in Austria, recently, where 250 delegates from 40 European countries agreed the following manifesto.

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

You cannot compare the Paris attackers to the Palestinian fighters
You cannot compare the Paris attackers to the Palestinian fighters

It was only a matter of time before the tragic killings in Paris would be exploited and Kevin McCarthy (Letters, November 18) has done that. 

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

American goldfinch doesn’t travel this far
American goldfinch doesn’t travel this far
While Kelly O Brien’s article (Irish Examiner, November 23) re feeding birds over winter was excellent, the goldfinch on the chart is the American goldfinch,[ Spinus tristus], not the European goldfinch [ carduelis carduelis].

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

Beware of Greeks bearing election gifts
Beware of Greeks bearing election gifts
Fine Gael’s promise of universal health care was just a ploy for votes going into the last election.

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

Violence is not fair on ordinary Syrians
Violence is not fair on ordinary Syrians
Not for the first time I am moved to comment on Fergus Finlay’s party politicking in his column (Opinion, November 23).

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

We may need a gender neutral word for people
We may need a gender neutral word for people
Germaine Greer has said “I don’t think surgery will turn a man into a woman.”

Thu, 26 Nov, 2015

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