Unfortunately, Haiti has fallen off the media radar of late and this may have created a public perception that the country is no longer suffering the effects of the devastating earthquake of Jan 2010.

I have given the IMF, EU, ECB Troika an excellent, periodical appraisal of its performance in implementing its “programme” on Ireland.

Do fundamentalist Catholics know the meaning of the word “Catholic”? It means “universal”.

It has just gone beyond acceptability that we are exposed to this further charge when the NPPR/household charges are also for services to our tenants at our premises.

THE latest charge for water meters being imposed by the Fine Gael and Labour Administration on the ordinary, decent people of Ireland is adding insult to injury.

The politicians have highlighted once more how they are going to perform their patriotic duty in helping the recovery and relieving the burden of debt on the Irish people.

For 15 years we listened to politicians refusing to comment on those under investigation by the Mahon Tribunal on the grounds that such comment could undermine the work of the tribunal.

In Apr 2009 Nama, Ireland’s largest property portfolio, was conceived by experts and approved by the Government of the day as a modern ‘toxic bank’ for the disposal of all the bad debt that swamped us at the time.

Last weekend the pundits, bookies and people involved in horse racing celebrated their winnings literally on the backs of horses in the Grand National.

It hardly came as a surprise that senior Labour party member, Cllr. Seán Counihan, (Irish Examiner, Apr 17) is calling for a merger with Fianna Fáil.