Person: Douglas Cork

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Editorial was dangerously intolerant of right-wingers

Your editorial (Irish Examiner, August 7) dealing with the attendance of young Fine Gael members at a conservative youth conference is dangerously intolerant of opposing views, and dangerously incendiary by attempting to link the inherent evil of white supremacy and racism to mainstream conservatism.

Sweet dreams are now my theatre nightmare

No appetite for sweet chompers in theatre

Howlin could act on political pensions

This is another Holocaust

The ‘plain people of Ireland’ still need to be given postal addresses

Scotland gets to choose. That’s an achievement

I lived in Edinburgh for a number of years, and am married to a Scotsman, but I have no idea how the Scots should vote in tomorrow’s referendum.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2014

Reminder of Cork’s Arcadia bands

Thanks to Des O’Driscoll (Arts, June 13) for his very interesting article on Cork City’s music scene, reminding us of the history of Cork’s Arcadia Ballroom, as it was initially known.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2014

Finlay is missing the big picture in rural towns

While I agree with some of Fergus Finlay’s points in his article “Villages and towns outside the Pale will die without urgent action” (Opinion, February 4) I take exception to his opinions on a one-off visit to Ballydehob, Glandore, Schull and Castletownshend on a cold February last weekend.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2014

How you can help protect children from predators

A recent article in your paper entitled “How do we protect kids from online predators? ” caught my attention as we are hearing more and more horrible stories about predators grooming children they have met online.

Sat, 14 Dec, 2013

Taoiseach, my family and I are suffering. Please give me back my medical card

I am writing this letter to tell the Taoiseach exactly how it would affect me and upset my parents if he doesn’t return my medical card.

Wed, 27 Nov, 2013

Cough up council tenants

I was incensed to read that tenants of local authority houses, or councillors on their behalf, are objecting to a rent increase of maybe €100 per annum. It is to cover, or partly cover, the local authority’s Local Property Tax (LPT) liability.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2013

Even ‘smug liberals’ should learn to be toleran

Victoria White’s (Opinion, Sept 19) is a typical response to a politician concerned about his constituents. If the matter relates to race or religion, dismiss the politician or his constituents as bigots.

Wed, 25 Sep, 2013

No tribunal please

Irish meat contaminated?

Tue, 22 Jan, 2013

Voting Labour was one of my worst decisions

At the last general election I voted Labour — one of the worst decisions of my life.

Wed, 12 Dec, 2012

We public servants are not to blame for crisis

Civil and public servants must be immune to the constant bashing of our private sector brethren.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2012

We need to take abortion debate out of the hands of extremists and show our compassion

I think it is time that the abortion debate which has been raging in this country on and off for 30 years is taken out of the hands of the extremists and taken on by, what I hope is, the rational, compassionate majority of in-betweeners.

Tue, 20 Nov, 2012

Slipping up

How ironic that in an article about slips and errors in recent speeches by the Taoiseach (“Kenny’s got the facts and tone wrong”, Aug 25), Michael Clifford should come up with the wonderful line about “the Blueshirts raising [Michael Collins] to the top of their petard”.

Tue, 28 Aug, 2012

Music to our ears

My daughters and I have just enjoyed a wonderful night’s entertainment at the Cork Opera House.

Tue, 07 Aug, 2012

Sex tax can’t be far away as Government searches for new revenue

Now that we have had the household charge and water charges are coming, I predict that the next charge that the Government will impose that affects our daily lives will be a tax on sex.

Mon, 18 Jun, 2012

Maths bonus adds up

Mathematics is a challenging subject, and I think it is only fair to give the 18%, or one quarter, of those students who opt for higher maths, a bonus of 25 points.

Sat, 09 Jun, 2012

Accept the problem and change drink culture

Alcohol abuse in our society is again becoming a topic for much discussion, mainly around the problem of cheap availability of alcohol and under-age drinking.

Wed, 29 Feb, 2012

Teachers always strive to inspire

I MAKE reference to a recent editorial headed “A chance to inspire or divide” (April 26).

Tue, 10 May, 2011

Our love affair with markets will lead to ruin

WE now face into an election which is unlikely to result in substantial changes to the provisions of the budget and Finance Bill.

Thu, 27 Jan, 2011

Failure to legislate back to haunt us

IT now appears our failure to legislate in areas other than financial is becoming more and more apparent.

Sat, 18 Dec, 2010

Empty slogan

FIANNA Fáil, the republican party... what republic?

Wed, 24 Nov, 2010

Speaking for women

I WISH to congratulate Maureen O’Donnell on the superb letter headlined ‘Neil Prendeville and the national ‘Do you know who I am?’ syndrome’ (November 9).

Tue, 16 Nov, 2010

Senator shouldn’t be vilified over Béal na mBláth

IN response to Denis Moloney’s letter (August 16) I, as a member of Fine Gael, was also disappointed to read Senator Liam Twomey’s point of view with regard to Finance Minister Brian Lenihan addressing the annual Michael Collins commemoration at Béal na mBláth.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2010

LGBT people deserve God’s support

Further to Fr Tom Ingoldsby’s letter (June 23) I thought it prudent to point out that “sodomy” (ie consensual homosexual acts) has been legal in Ireland since 1993, following the repeal of the Victorian Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

Sat, 26 Jun, 2010

Vatican connived in worldwide cover-up

IT’S no surprise that Cardinal Seán Brady won’t resign following the disclosure of his part in the cover-up of Fr Brendan Smyth’s sexual assaults on children as far back as 1975.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2010

Councils’ flood planning was a washout

FOLLOWING the massive flooding of Cork last week, the city and county management has a lot to answer for. The city manager says the flooding was “a totally unprecedented situation”.

Wed, 25 Nov, 2009

A fate worse than resignation ... O’Donoghue enters list of lost causes

MAYBE we should find it in our hearts to temper our condemnation of “zero tolerance man” John O’Donoghue in his hour of need.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2009

No brutality in schools catering for the elite

IN his letter (May 29), Gregóir de Buitléir posed the question “cui bono... to whose benefit is it to censure all religious brothers and all schools?

Mon, 08 Jun, 2009

We’re all to blame for the child hellholes

THE most important lesson to come from the Ryan commission report into institutional child abuse is that all Irish citizens who were old enough to understand what was going on in these hellhole institutions for childcare must carry some of the blame for not caring or speaking up.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2009

Hobson’s choice

OUR political masters are pulling the wool over our eyes again with the Bord Gais electricity deal.

Thu, 26 Feb, 2009

Column was out of touch and out of date

I HAVE no wish to add to the current preoccupation of the media with the clerical abuse of children but I feel someone should tell Fergus Finlay he is totally out of touch with reality in his venomous attack on the bishop of Cloyne (January 6).

Fri, 16 Jan, 2009

High cost of the new ‘queen of mean’

IF one assumes the average industrial wage to be €35,700, then a family of two children with one parent working outside the home and the other within will pay an extra €360 tax levy per annum.

Wed, 07 Jan, 2009

School cuts lead to troubled teenagers

I WISH to endorse Harry Burke’s letter (“Scurrilous’ move to increase pupil/teacher ratio”, October 28). What sense he makes with so many children being brought up in one-parent families and troubled homes.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2008

Property ‘Catch 22’ must not be repeated

THE property bubble was caused in no small measure by financial institutions lending excessive sums to property developers to buy land at hugely inflated prices which led inevitably to these same financial institutions giving mortgages of up to 110% in many cases to house-buyers to enable them to buy the houses built by the developers.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2008

Neary review raises issues of credibility

IN your report headlined ‘Head of hospital consultants appalled at Neary scandal’ (September 4), I was drawn to the rather curious response by Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) general secretary Finbarr Fitzpatrick when explaining the failure of three senior members of the association to back the suspension of Dr Neary after their review of his work practices.

Thu, 11 Sep, 2008