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Frontline workers at risk got a further kicking from Government

I refer to your report (Irish Examiner, April 11) in relation to the injury rate of gardaí.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2016

Sweet dreams are now my theatre nightmare

I am writing to vent my frustration and to plead with Cork theatregoers to please, please, STOP eating sweets during stage performances.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2016

Sign a donor card now and give someone a life

I am currently waiting for a heart transplant, can I ask everyone reading this letter to text DONOR to 50050 to get a donor card.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

Writers deserve a chance as much as Michaella

Many people have expressed unease and revulsion at the prospect of Michaella McCollum earning up to €100k for a book and movie deal.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

Tax cuts for rich to encourage job creation is farce foisted on societies

With the publication of the Panama papers we are reminded once again of the contrast between the lives of a rich elite and the rest of humanity.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

Electorate will lose out in political party games

It is now more than a month-and-a-half since the General Election and there is still no sign of a government being formed.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

If tax dodgers paid up no one would be left without

The tax dodging and avoidance practices of the rich and famous outlined in the ‘Panama Papers’ shows once again that it is bankers and cheats who sparked the financial crisis rather than refugees or people forced out of their homes onto our streets.

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

One isolated killing does not justify morally-defective boycott of Israel

Zoe Lawlor of Gaza Action Ireland uses the isolated killing of Abed al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif, 21, by an Israeli soldier to support a universal claim that Israel engages in a campaign “of extrajudicial executions” in its confrontation with Palestinian terrorists (Letters, April 5).

Wed, 13 Apr, 2016

Parties that bankrupted us cheered by media

According to media reports, the political situation seems to be that the political grouping who were in power for the period of the Celtic Tiger have refused to participate in government.

Tue, 12 Apr, 2016