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Person: Jane Dignam

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Varadkar: I’m neither sexist nor ignorant

I AM neither sexist nor ignorant. Jane Dignam (Letters, January 30) got the wrong end of the stick.

Fri, 05 Feb, 2010

Model inquiry

THE Government’s choice of banking inquiry isn’t ‘sexy’, but it is sensible. The independent statutory commission will ensure we get to the facts in an effective, speedy and cost-efficient way.

Fri, 05 Feb, 2010

Stay-at-home wives: TD ignorant or sexist?

I WAS shocked by Deputy Leo Varadkar’s derogatory comments in the Dáil (January 28) about “stay at home wives”. According to him, they spend the “day on the golf course or eating lunch, or whatever”.

Sat, 30 Jan, 2010

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