Person: Bill Hurley

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Salute to O’Hara

CONGRATS to Maureen O’Hara on her award from the US Marine Corps (News, June 22).

Why should soldiers shoot desperate people?

Doctors can’t work without military security

Beheaded soldiers: why no calls of inquiry?

PETER KENNEDY (Letters, July 5) snidely recommends that Nuala O’Loan and Tony Blair conduct an inquiry about the killing of an Iraqi named Baha Mousa by British soldiers, based on a report by Robert Fisk.

Fri, 07 Sep, 2007

Give fishermen a role in the war on drugs

IS it not time for Ireland to be proactive in its war against drugs?

Wed, 11 Jul, 2007

Flying chance

CORK Airport Authority (CAA), or some entrepreneurs, should take the bull by the horns with regard to Ryanair’s announcement of flights from the EU to the US.

Mon, 23 Apr, 2007

Airport challenge

UNLESS Aer Lingus is proactive with regard to flights between Cork and the US, the open skies policy will ensure other carriers from the EU and US will fill the void.

Tue, 20 Mar, 2007

Flights challenge

THERE will be flights from Knock to New York and Boston by FlyGlobeSpan beginning in May.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2007

Educated force

RÓISÍN PEDDLE needs to get her facts straight (Irish Examiner letters, July 12).

Wed, 19 Jul, 2006

US critics give solace to very wicked people

I WISH to support the opinions expressed by Bill Hurley (Irish Examiner letters, June 27) and Michael Higgins (June 28) with regard to our attitude to America.

Fri, 30 Jun, 2006

US troops mutilated: where’s the outrage?

I MUST respond to the letters from Edward Horgan and Miriam Cotton (Irish Examiner, June 20).

Tue, 27 Jun, 2006

US actions have stirred strong feelings

FORMER US Marine Corps officer Bill Hurley regards opponents of torture as ‘America-haters’ (Irish Examiner letters, June 13).

Wed, 21 Jun, 2006

Countries do little to halt the suffering

FORMER US Marine Lt Col Bill Hurley listed some of the atrocities committed against US military and civilian personnel (Irish Examiner letters, June 13) .

Wed, 21 Jun, 2006

US uses more than mere ‘arm-twisting’

BILL HURLEY, Lt Col, US Marine Corps (retd) describes the CIA rendition through Shannon as just a bit of ‘arm-twisting’ and suggests this type of torture is OK (Irish Examiner letters, June 13). He is much too selective with his facts.

Tue, 20 Jun, 2006

Wars disguise the real motives for US interest

I TAKE exception to the letter from Lt Col Bill Hurley, formerly of the US Marines (Irish Examiner, June 13).

Tue, 20 Jun, 2006

We don’t cut their heads off, but what’s wrong with arm-twisting?

NOW that World Airways has decided to pull out of Shannon (with more carriers of US troops in the war on terror to follow), I wonder if the America-haters have cut off their noses to spite their faces.

Tue, 13 Jun, 2006

It’s time to fly direct

IN his letter (Irish Examiner, February 13), Tom Whelan is spot-on regarding the back-stabbing by the Dublin airport authority on the charges facing Cork airport.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2006

Put dodgy PhD recipients through a quality test

WOULD it not be prudent for anyone with a questionable PhD to have their doctorate courses/theses/dissertations reviewed by an Irish PhD qualification board to ensure the level of work was commensurate with quality PhDs issued in Ireland.

Fri, 02 Dec, 2005