WHAT a pity that a person of Fergus Finlay’s ability fails to show any impartiality whatsoever when it comes to writing politics.

I AM disillusioned, I am angry and I am concerned for the health and welfare of our country.

ENDA KENNY has again insisted that Irish should be removed as a compulsory subject from the Leaving Certificate.

FINE GAEL must be stark, staring mad.

WE got the mess this fading Government left behind, not because of any flaws in our political system or institutions but because thousands of our fellow-citizens voted for them.

IF Eamon Gilmore could not even defeat a long-serving minister of a discredited government in open debate, are we to conclude that the much-vaulted “Gilmore Gale” is little more than a puff of hot angry wind?

THERE are two huge elephants in our electoral room. One is our social welfare spend of €20bn and the second is the public service pay bill of €20bn.

THE Ennis General Hospital bed numbers were reduced from 125 to 88 in 1988 under the Fianna Fáil Government. There followed a period of further removals of ancillary services.

YOUR suggestion of a Ministry for Reform backed up by a monitoring Parliamentary Committee — with teeth — is absolutely spot on.

STEVEN KING’S advocacy of a coalition of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is a dangerous proposition (Feb 9).