Person: Gerry Coughlan

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Court can’t undermine boards of management

I am writing regarding Paul Doran’s letter (February 27) criticising the Supreme Court decision to decide against an appeal over alleged Traveller discrimination after a child’s application to a Tipperary school was refused.

Homelessness will not be solved by bishops offering churches as shelter

Minimum alcohol pricing would be sensible policy

Cuban deal has created another battleground in US elections

RTÉ cannot ignore their older overseas listeners with LW closure

Time has come to really consider nuclear option

Conviction of journalists an attack on media

The jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists, and the sentencing in absentia of their colleagues, by an Egyptian court, has provoked an international outcry and raised fears of growing media restrictions in Egypt.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2014

Juncker will be divisive as EC president

Britain and Germany are expected to clash, at a summit in Ypres, over the presidency of the European Commission (EC) — Ypres is the Belgian town where the two countries battled during the First World War.

Fri, 27 Jun, 2014

Owners must keep dogs under control

I refer to the letter writer (Feb 20) mauled and pulled to the ground twice by a huge Alsatian in an horrific attack lasting 10 minutes.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2012

Household charge a recipe for disaster

THE proposal to hit all households with a property charge of €100 per annum in default of which a penalty of €10 for every month the charge goes unpaid which amounts to 120% a year, however inevitable, is a recipe for disaster.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2011

Bill incompatible with a democratic society

I WRITE in support of Fr Tom Ingoldsby’s stance on the Civil Partnership Bill relating to cohabitants (Letters, June 23). The bill proposes to put property rights on an equal footing with marriage for cohabiting couples of five years.

Fri, 02 Jul, 2010

Head shops need extensive regulation

THE news of plans to ban the sale and possession of a range of substances sold in head shops is welcomed by all those who protested outside these stores.

Sat, 06 Mar, 2010

Drumm’s bonus is a thundering disgrace

THE HSE approval of a €70,000 bonus for its chief executive, Brendan Drumm, as succinctly described in your editorial (October 15), is a thundering disgrace given that he presided over cuts leading to the closure of hospital beds, the laying off of temporary staff, the non-replacement of employees who leave the service and cutting allowances for staff with the trimming of next year’s budget by €1.2bn.

Sat, 17 Oct, 2009