Person: Anthony Leavy

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Water is a basic ‘right’ and should not be dependent on wealth and the markets

In yet another rant, Anthony Leavy (Irish Examiner, Letters, 29 October) says the media is not condemning the “mobs who do not want to pay for anything”.

Historical evidence on Home Rule ignored

Home Rule was the law of a global empire

Economic rot started at the top

Taxing child benefit

Slap in the face to Irish revolutionaries

Defence of US ship visits is criticised

Anthony Leavy’s reply to Jim Roche’s complaint, was a most bizarre defence of allowing US military vessels into Irish ports. Mr Leavy says we owe our freedom to the likes of the US Government who “took on fascism and communism”.

Mon, 10 Sep, 2012

Leaving Cert has many advantages

THE current Leaving Cert system has many flaws but I agree with Micheál Ó Fearghail (Letters, August 20) that repeating the experience of other countries, which proved the failure of continuous assessment, is not the way to go.

Tue, 23 Aug, 2011

Wasting millions

I AGREE with James McGrath (‘Big spender’, Letters, October 14) that among ministers who have nearly bankrupted the country, Noel Dempsey — currently in the Transport portfolio — holds a special place of honour among his peers for extravagant waste of taxpayers’ money.

Wed, 20 Oct, 2010

No to dictatorship

WE have a country that has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy because a small number of people at the head of government, banks and building became virtually untouchable.

Thu, 07 Oct, 2010

Taoiseach’s croaky interview not his worst sin

THE brouhaha about the Taoiseach’s radio interview says everything about the abominable state of our democratic discourse.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2010

The real story on tax

YOU quote an economist from Goodbody (September 7) offering the usual argument that because the top 4% of earners pay close to 48% of all income tax we can expect lower paid workers to face tax hikes in the next budget.

Sat, 11 Sep, 2010

Overpaid politicians

IN self-justifying mode, Martin Mansergh says public service pay, with which politicians’ salaries are linked, has been reduced by 15%-20% (Letters, September 4).

Wed, 08 Sep, 2010

Coughlan is right

I DO not agree with your columnist Matt Cooper (August 20) when he says Education Minister Mary Coughlan is wrong to defend the Leaving Cert and not to introduce fees for third-level colleges.

Fri, 27 Aug, 2010

Soft on the minister

IN his Béal na mBláth address, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is quoted as understanding the public “incomprehension and anger” at the vast sums of money being pumped into the banking sector.

Thu, 26 Aug, 2010

Everything from depressing juvenile guff to anti-Catholic fanaticism

GIVEN that both Anthony Leavy and I have made clear our complete support for the visit of Queen Elizabeth in previous correspondence, I was surprised Declan Doyle should accuse us (Letters, July 24) of “stupid nationalism” as part of a long and completely unjustified diatribe against us.

Mon, 23 Aug, 2010

Politicians get a free run on expenses issue

YOUR editorial on the “embarrassment” of members of the Government because of the Callely affair is apt (August 7).

Tue, 10 Aug, 2010

Let’s get out of history’s blind alley

MY call to welcome Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and for our nation finally to grow up and to recognise the false nature of our national memory, along with recognising the depth of our collective post-colonial psychosis (Letters, June 28) was met with the usual depressing juvenile guff.

Sat, 24 Jul, 2010

Held in contempt

I COULD not agree more with PJ McElhone (Letters, July 17) when he says he is “tired of all the cant and hypocrisy about the murderous behaviour of boys and young men on our roads”.

Fri, 23 Jul, 2010

Challenge to press

YOUR columnist Ryle Dwyer (July 10) is right to bemoan the lack of real protest despite the fact that our bankers and politicians have betrayed the country and are behaving with contempt for the rest of us.

Tue, 13 Jul, 2010

Why scapegoat the Merrion St mandarins?

I’M reading a book that details how the prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer in London, whose policies were responsible for a million people dying during the Great Famine here, used the media of the time to scapegoat Charles Trevelyan, the assistant secretary to the treasury.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2010

Not forgiven

YOUR financial columnist Bill Hobbs (June 7) tells us the Government-appointed financial regulator Matthew Elderfield, NAMA chairman Frank Daly and Justice Minister Dermot Ahern have “ruled out debt forgiveness for ordinary people”.

Mon, 14 Jun, 2010

Democracy pays the price for a masterstroke

AN RTÉ commentator on the main evening TV news (June 9) said it was a masterstroke that the Government got away with not allowing the Dáil discuss the banking reports.

Fri, 11 Jun, 2010

Callely a diversion from the real issues

I DISAGREE with you when you say Ivor Callely’s “relatively trivial expenses wheeze” constitutes “a litmus test moment for the Irish political class and our political culture” (Editorial, June 5).

Wed, 09 Jun, 2010

Banks and public debt are not separate issues

I AGREE with your columnist Ivan Yates when he says (April 15) members of the public service should, in their own interests, approve the Croke Park agreement.

Thu, 29 Apr, 2010

RTÉ ‘stars’ fail to get to grips with politicians

I WELCOME Richard Duncliffe’s complaint about “woefully weak questioning” of government ministers by RTÉ’s “star performers” (Letters, April 20).

Tue, 27 Apr, 2010

It’s up to women

IN her letter headlined ‘Men only’ (April 10), Florence Craven complains that “in addition to being the ones who caused the banking crisis, men are the only ones commenting on it and its solutions”.

Tue, 13 Apr, 2010

Inability to pay

IN his brief “memo to teacher” (Letters, April 8), PJ McElhone says he cannot afford to “restore” teachers’ pay.

Mon, 12 Apr, 2010

Bailing out our masters

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan made it clear that “the state will step into the breach” if it has to so that the banks with have the capital they need to survive (March 6).

Fri, 12 Mar, 2010

A straight line through square miles of verbiage

HAVING on occasion given out through clenched teeth and in language liberally interspersed with four-letter Anglo-Saxon about some of the stuff that Terry Prone writes, I must now congratulate her on her column (February 15) about recent high-profile political resignations.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2010

Inquiry outrage

THE holding of the investigation into the banking crisis behind closed doors is an outrage.

Tue, 02 Feb, 2010

How free is RTÉ?

FERGUS Finlay missed one very important point when criticising the media (January 26).

Mon, 01 Feb, 2010

Public have no say in public sector action

ANTHONY Leavy’s position on industrial action by public sector unions (Letters, January 25) defies logic.

Mon, 01 Feb, 2010

Public sector strikes cannot refill the benchmarking ‘ATM machine’

IN his response to my previous correspondence (December 17), Anthony Leavy is mistaken on a number of points (Letters, December 29).

Thu, 14 Jan, 2010

Let’s put an end to the age of deference

I AGREE with Paddy Phelan (Letters, December 28) when he complains that we all have been too deferential to the Catholic Church authorities.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2010

Their mess – not ours

PRO-GOVERNMENT media cheerleaders frequently describe our dire economic situation as “the mess the country finds itself in” as if it was all an accident for which nobody was to blame.

Fri, 01 Jan, 2010

Laying the blame

IN his letter (December 17), James McGrath says the state is “facing unprecedented fiscal challenges to its very survival” and that “strike action in general is a direct threat”.

Tue, 29 Dec, 2009

Scapegoating public sector is no solution

I FEEL the description by Barry Walsh of the protests by citizens at how the country has been run as “treason” is inflammatory and totally missing the point (Letters, November 26).

Sat, 28 Nov, 2009

Tiny elite to blame for state of the nation

I COULD not agree more with Declan Doyle (Letters, October 26) when he accuses our political leaders of an absence of “leadership and accountability”.

Fri, 06 Nov, 2009

Tilting to the right

THE letter from Dr Florence Craven on SIPTU’s proposal to build a new headquarters on the site of the existing one (October 19) reminds me of the cartoon in Dublin Opinion at the time the present edifice was built.

Thu, 22 Oct, 2009

Shortsighted approach to education spending

CRAIG BARRETT of Intel deserves credit for highlighting the fact that investment in research and education gives a very good return for the resources involved and is more important than investment in banks.

Wed, 30 Sep, 2009

Forum hijacked

IT is ironic that the publicity surrounding the Global Economic Irish Forum, which your editorial (September 21) acknowledged was the brainchild of David McWilliams, was hijacked by the Government and its media cheerleaders.

Mon, 28 Sep, 2009

Legalising drugs is a simplistic solution

I THINK Ryle Dwyer (August 8) is being facile and simplistic when he reduces the issue of drug use to saying that legalising it “would knock the dealers out of business”.

Sat, 15 Aug, 2009

‘Free run’ for people who caused the mess

IN his letter (July 18), Brian Abbot hit the nail on the head when he said we should expect those who caused the mess, including members of the Government, to make sacrifices before sacrificing all those who are going to suffer cuts in public services, pay and jobs.

Tue, 21 Jul, 2009