Columns - Irish Examiner

Victoria White

If Fianna Fáil ‘ruined’ this country, nobody admits that it also built it

I WAS pleased Fianna Fáil rose four points in the polls because I can’t stand the lies. I can’t stand the pretence that an alien tribe called Fianna Fáil came in and “ruined the country”, leaving the plucky Coalition to “clear up the mess”.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

State is responsible for us having fee-paying schools — it’s their plan

I WISH my son wasn’t at a fee-paying school.

Thu, 18 Oct, 2012

Site value tax would be better and fairer option than a property tax

THE Government thinks we are too thick to understand the site value tax.

Thu, 27 Sep, 2012

Blue whale’s survival a cheering signal of hope for many species

DOES that look blue to you?” asked a colleague and Patrick Lyne had to agree that it did.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2012

We shouldn’t turn our backs on Protestant survivors of abuse

THE boy’s shoe laces were tied together.”

Thu, 13 Sep, 2012

Government must redistribute wealth of elderly to help the young

MINISTER Reilly must be wishing he was back in that happy land where he could mouth off about means-testing the medical card for the over-70s whenever he saw a microphone.

Thu, 06 Sep, 2012

We need to learn lesson and reduce energy bills in our schools

JUST when the Mammies and Daddies’ pockets have stopped hurting from the new shoes, new clothes and new books, they are faced with paying “voluntary” donations to our schools.

Thu, 30 Aug, 2012

Fine Gael trying to pull off same kind of con job as FF post-Treaty

HE JUST didn’t get it. Fianna Fáil had campaigned against the 1921 Treaty with Great Britain, which established the Free State and allowed the North to opt out. But they had worked it ever since.

Thu, 23 Aug, 2012

We need to make raising children a pathway to power for women

RAISING children is a passion.

Thu, 16 Aug, 2012

We love to talk about the weather, but barely a word about our climate

WE HANG over the half-door and stare at the sky.

Thu, 09 Aug, 2012