Environment Minister Phil Hogan should acknowledge the fact that Dublin City Council’s waste collection service (Greyhound) has gone to the dogs.

SAME old nonsense every year about Leaving Cert maths results — five out of four students struggle with fractions and the like.

NAMA’s chairman said that the agency recovered all of its costs on the sale of the Montevetro building to Google for €99.9m.

THE Minister for the Environment John Gormley has compared being in Government to being in an asylum.

ENTERPRISE Minister Batt O’Keeffe said we had to play poker with our IMF/ECB visitors.

IN his letter (September 10), Greg Butler states that “40% of us have a maths problem, which means 70% do not”.

SO 40% of us have a maths problem.

I HAD to refer to my Catechism of Catholic Doctrine of Ireland, 1951, to recall what an “oath” was.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney wants to rap medical card-holders with a ‘50 Cent’ charge. Hip-hop. Another discordant note for our smart economy?

IT’S the “smart” economy, stupid.”

BARRY’S TEA has entered a joint venture arrangement with Bank of Scotland’s ICC Venture Capital arm to spend €62.25m to buy Batchelor’s and Beck Smith, the Irish operations of British giant Northern Foods.