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Irish fighting in the trenches believed they were consolidating a freedom already won

LIKE Dr Pat Walsh (Letters, May 12), I too welcome the debate on Gallipoli in the columns of the Irish Examiner.

Let’s honour Great War dead as our own

President gives real meaning to quest for peace and reconciliation

Dual mandate

I AGREE with Michele Savage (Letters, December 13) that with every rerun of a referendum with the wrong result, we should have a free general election.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2008

Learning the hard way

THE introduction of student loans would be another backward step in the financing of university education in Ireland.

Wed, 08 Oct, 2008

True patriot departs

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has shown himself to be a true patriot.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2008

SF stance praised

MY heartfelt thanks for the public support of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams for the Save Tara campaign at his party’s recent árd fheis.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2008

YOU had a brilliant editorial on bullying and political correctness (December 15). But we surely need a different phrase to describe this obnoxious form of behaviour, since there is nothing worthy or ‘correct’ about political correctness. We may replace the phrase by a single word — “fascism”.

Thu, 20 Dec, 2007

Column to make an Englishman proud

I WRITE with profound gratitude for the generous and fair-minded column by Matt Cooper (October 19) on the subject of Irish support for England against South Africa in the World Cup Final.

Tue, 23 Oct, 2007

Game over

MILES CATTELL is right (Letters, October 5). IRFU chief executive Philip Browne and rugby coach Eddie O’Sullivan have lost their credibility.

Tue, 09 Oct, 2007

Grades too good to be true — there’s a simple way to restore credibility

AS improved university, A-level, GCSE-level and Leaving Cert results come tumbling out to distract us in the middle of August in these rain-sodden islands, I think it’s a good time to highlight the issue of grade inflation.

Sat, 18 Aug, 2007

Motorway threat to Bertie’s political legacy

IT may seem churlish of me to say so, but it is not the function of a Taoiseach to promote the self-justifying memoirs of a foreign (albeit British) politician — the irascible and mediocre Alastair Campbell.

Sat, 21 Jul, 2007

Does FF benefit from fault-line in voting system?

HOW does it come about that Fianna Fáil, with 42% of the vote, secures 78 seats in Dáil Éireann when 42% ought, strictly speaking, to yield only 68-70 seats?

Mon, 04 Jun, 2007

Don’t strike a sour note in Croker

I WAS pleased to be invited by RTÉ to take part in a discussion recently on the merits or otherwise of the singing of God Save The Queen in Croke Park on behalf of the English team on February 24.

Tue, 06 Feb, 2007

Legendary status of Thomond Park helps ease the pain of defeat

WHEN the pain of disappointment eases it may be possible for Irish rugby supporters to see that last Saturday’s ferociously-contested match between the habitual English champions, Leicester, and the European champions, Munster, will add to and not diminish the legendary status of Thomond Park.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2007

Let’s demolish the oldest of all our myths

THE Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is to be greatly commended for his unceasing efforts to promote peace and reconciliation here in this State (no better man for that role could be imagined), between South and North and between Ireland and Britain.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2006

Who in their right mind would want Staunton’s job?

AFTER the comprehensive defeat of the Republic of Ireland soccer side by Cyprus on Saturday, some pundits have been calling for the dismissal of manager Steve Staunton.

Tue, 10 Oct, 2006

New Ireland advocate deserves our support

JOHN ROBB (Irish Examiner letters, October 2) has worked tirelessly to promote his vision of a new Ireland.

Fri, 06 Oct, 2006

Mighty Munster has a message for the nation

I HAVE been an admirer of Irish rugby forward play for more than 30 years, but I cannot recall a more inspired and relentless display than that by the Munster forwards in the first half against Biarritz Olympique in Cardiff last Saturday.

Thu, 25 May, 2006

Lloyd George’s role in the Dublin riots

I ADMIRE the historical sweep of the editorial column in the Daily Telegraph (March 6) with its references to Siegfried Sassoon and Lloyd George.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2006

Questions for Power

I READ Dr Con Power's lengthy defence of his academic reputation, and in my opinion he is to be commended for attempting to justify himself in your columns against public criticism (Irish Examiner letters, December 6).

Fri, 09 Dec, 2005

The Irish way

I AGREE with your correspondent JA Barnwell (‘Not the Irish Way,’ Irish Examiner letters, December 5).

Thu, 08 Dec, 2005

University scrutinises degree recipients

YOUR columnist Ryle Dwyer (Irish Examiner, November 19) is right to point to the danger of corruption in the awarding of honorary degrees, and here in Trinity College Dublin we do not award them until they have been carefully scrutinised.

Wed, 30 Nov, 2005

Honour the men shot at dawn

NOW that the 87th anniversary of the silencing of the guns of the Great War has just passed, is it possible to hope that justice at last will be served on behalf of the 306 brave and patriotic young men cruelly shot at dawn by their own comrades in the misguided belief of instilling discipline.

Tue, 15 Nov, 2005

Minister gets in line. Will others follow?

AN excellent letter, brief and to the point, by Steve McGarry advocating equal treatment on hospital trolleys for our politicians - republican in the best sense of the word (Irish Examiner, November 2).

Mon, 07 Nov, 2005

A crime against their own people

THE Shot at Dawn campaign for pardons for the 306 soldiers shot for cowardice and desertion by the British army in World War I has now been under way for no less than 14 years.

Fri, 10 Sep, 2004