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Maureen O’Hara loved to potter around Kinsale

Best known for her role as Mary Kate Danaher in The Quiet Man, the late actress, Maureen O’Hara, was Ireland’s first Hollywood screen legend and was accepted into the Abbey theatre at the age of 14.

Wed, 28 Oct, 2015

Small firms need greater protection in liquidations and receiverships

Small firms are still being butchered by the domino effect of liquidations and receivership by virtue of the fact that they are all unsecured creditors and are all owed money.

Wed, 28 Oct, 2015

Reject Government’s vote-buying attempts and put equality first

Every year when the budget is introduced, its merits and drawbacks are brought into focus.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Israelis, Arabs do co-exist peacefully in Israel

Jack O’Neill takes me to task for offering “only one fact” to support the argument that Israel is not an apartheid state, however, it is clear he is blurring the distinction between discrimination against a minority as practised in Ireland against the Travelling community, and the segregationist policies of apartheid era South Africa (Letters, 26 October).

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Palestinians want Palestine in its entirety

Following on from Dr Ronit Lentin, it’s appalling and tragic whenever children are killed. (Letters, 24 Oct 24).

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

Sinn Féin is now being seen as a real threat

I just heard another anti-Sinn Féin (SF) person on the radio going on about SF having a different economic policy here than in the North. Perhaps this young lady was not aware that the North is a different economy? 

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

We should be backing Carter’s plan to bring peace in Syrian conflict

Jimmy Carter has been one of the most influential former US Presidents through his work promoting international peace and democracy.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2015

No longer common cents in old money

The one cent and two cent coins will soon disappear from everyday life (“Small copper coins come a cropper”, Irish Examiner, October 20).

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015

Response to housing crisis has been too little too late as families suffer

The Government is failing to grasp and address the gravity and scale of the homeless and housing crisis. The construction of 22 modular homes is insufficient to address the increasing number of children and families that are becoming homeless each month.

Mon, 26 Oct, 2015