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Government policies are destroying our health

Over the last few years it has become increasingly clear why our hospitals are overflowing — government negligence.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2016

Irish media influenced general election result

I don’t trust the Irish media, or their methods or motives. Their constant, positive comment on Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, and negative comments on An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, I’m sure, were worth eight or 10 seats to Fianna Fail and cost Fine Gael eight or 10 seats, in the general election. Labour couldn’t benefit as much as they could have from transfers.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2016

RTÉ’s grammar mistakes setting a bad example

For a moment, I was almost in sympathy with RTÉ’s line-up of top-earners, whose annual stipends are now less than a quarter of a million euros in some hard-pressed cases.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2016

EU breaks own rules by denying human rights

The president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, is denying refugees their dignity, safety, and human rights.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Wrong to use photo of Savita Halappanavar

I am intrigued that Alison O’Connor’s article bemoaning the defeat of so many pro-abortion candidates was accompanied by a photograph of the late Savita Halappanavar.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

We don’t need an even more expensive Seanad

Your editorial on March 21 tells us that the referendum to abolish the Seanad was defeated when 52% voted against abolition and 48% for abolition. Your editorial also says that the fact that only 39% of the electorate bothered to vote at all ‘showed how relevant ... the Upper House is’.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Drag-hunting would save foxes and farmers

Another fox-hunting season has ended and, apart from the suffering inflicted on these beautiful wild dogs, hunts have also been cruel to farmers. The tally-ho brigades continue to encroach on lands that host expensive farm enterprises. Many farmers are eking out a livelihood, and few of them can afford to allow this indiscriminate vandalism of their property.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

The national anthem needs new lyrics, but leave the Tricolour alone

Jim Cosgrove (Irish Examiner, Letters, Saturday, March 19) is right to advocate a new national anthem. Like Michael Clifford, I, too, attended a flag-raising ceremony at my son’s school and the multi-coloured scholars sang the anthem as Gaeilge.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

1916 letter: ‘Just war’ theory a skewed one that rules out all forms of rebellion

Northern Ireland Attorney General, John Larkin, recently had a pop at the Easter Rising — the usual stuff about it failing the ‘just war’ theory test and having no democratic mandate.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016