Person: Brendan Ronayne

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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A way to lighten exam pressure on students

If you are the parent of a schoolchild at primary or secondary level the inevitable stress and concern regarding their options for third level becomes all-encompassing.

A common exam may be the right result

Call for no pay or expenses for councillors ignores lessons of history

Councillors should not get salary or expenses

Youth need to start looking for change

We must not forget Vatican’s past

I’m delighted we have discontinued diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2012

Throw off the shackles

ARE not all religions a form of magic, a belief system based on the polar opposite to reason and science.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2011

Face facts about Church

CAN we not call a spade a spade any more in this country?

Mon, 18 Jul, 2011

Why I’m not answering Noonan’s call to spend

Minister for Finance wants me to start spending in order to boost the economy.

Wed, 29 Jun, 2011

Time to cry stop

ALL the boys in the pub know that the debt facing us is unmanageable (over €300bn).

Mon, 18 Apr, 2011

Lenihan’s legacy

IS there anybody who thinks Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan is anything but the saviour of the nation?

Mon, 04 Oct, 2010

Overpaid elites leave us in shambolic state

IVOR Callely and his expenses, Jackie Healy Rae and his combined family’s expenses are really only a diversion.

Mon, 30 Aug, 2010

JUST a comment on Batt O Keeffe’s work in progress (Irish Examiner, June 23) ... fixing the banking system, restoring order to the public finances, regaining competitiveness and creating jobs. He talks about investing €40bn over the next six years on labour intensive infrastructure.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2010

Growing old

JUST a short reply to Brendan Ronayne (‘No Place for the Young’, Letters March 27).

Tue, 06 Apr, 2010

No place for the young

LOOK around. This country is fast becoming one big retirement home.

Sat, 27 Mar, 2010

Patriots at a price

TODAY’S public sector strike will undoubtedly feature the blame game. “We didn’t cause the fire” will be the mantra. It’s hard to blame the protesters ... they are generally worried for themselves and their families while our politicians continue to throw largesse at bankers and at themselves.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2009