Person: Jim Jackman

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Readers' Blog: Plight of adoptees searching for parents

Over the last 20 years, I have written many letters, especially to the Irish Examiner concerning the plight and frustration of adult adoptees attempting to trace their birth families.

Babies too vulnerable to be left in ‘stranger care’

Women must have say on health issues

A true sporting legend and hero to many

Guidance counsellors provide vital help

Silence is deafening over babies scandal

We must never forget what happened in nursing homes

WATCHING the BBC programme on the horrendous treatment of patients in the Winterbourne Home in Bristol shocked most who watched it to the core.

Mon, 06 Jun, 2011

Our most vulnerable citizens never had it so bad

I HAVE come to the conclusion that the relationship the Government has with the voter is of a sado-masochistic nature.

Sat, 11 Dec, 2010

Credibility problem

SO Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is upset with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s claim that the Catholic Church in Ireland has lost all credibility.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2010

Class distinction in the school system

IN relation to the recent controversy about relating to Protestant schools I have a different perspective on this sensitive subject.

Thu, 05 Nov, 2009

Let’s have children’s rights referendum

GIVEN Ireland’s appalling history as regards the wellbeing of children, the latest report from UNICEF placing us last in a list of 25 nations focusing on childhood services is a national disgrace.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2009

Keep the focus on childcare

FAIR play to the Irish Examiner for bringing to the attention of parents the inadequacies in crèches around the country (October 30).

Fri, 28 Nov, 2008

READING your exposé of the deplorable conditions of some of our crèches (October 29/30), and also bearing in mind the wealth of research that indicates crèches are not suitable places for children under three, never was it clearer to me that we need a constitutional referendum to ratify the 1991 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sat, 01 Nov, 2008

Public sector is a much tighter ship

WORKING in the semi-state sector, I welcome your columnist Terry Prone’s declaration (September 8) that the public service didn’t cause the recession.

Fri, 12 Sep, 2008

We have good reason to stand up to bullies

WHILE on holiday in Sicily recently a group of us shared a meal with a French family in a busy restaurant.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2008

Question of trust

I VOTED no principally because of a lack of trust in what politicians say and promise. The shenanigans at the tribunals and the unquestioning support given to Bertie Ahern by his colleagues didn’t help.

Wed, 18 Jun, 2008

Bother over Beijing

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has said the Government does not support the principle of boycotting the Beijing Olympics over the ongoing crisis in Tibet.

Fri, 11 Apr, 2008

Cowen misses chance to help parents

ICTU general secretary David Begg believes strongly that the budget was an opportunity lost by Finance Minister Brian Cowen to improve the lives of young children by not providing parents with adequate financial supports to allow them be with their offspring in the formative first years.

Wed, 12 Dec, 2007

Childcare: there is no substitute for loving parents

YOUR series on crèches (October 30/31) raised issues of concern to many parents. Because of high mortgages and tax equalisation, mums and dads have little choice but to go out to work.

Fri, 02 Nov, 2007

Crucial to understand needs of young children

THE ombudsman for children, Emily Logan, stated correctly (August 30) that listening to young people and learning what they actually want is an important part of promoting and safeguarding their rights.

Tue, 04 Sep, 2007

Shannon falls victim to politics of greed

YEARS ago I viewed with sadness video footage of the steam train that serviced Donegal before it was closed down like other rail lines in the interest of short-sighted economic gain.

Thu, 23 Aug, 2007

Who will advocate a ‘families first’ policy?

DAVID CAMERON, Tory Leader and a jolly good bet to be British prime minister reasonably soon, had some interesting things to say recently while commenting on the UNICEF report entitled Child Wellbeing in Rich Countries.

Tue, 27 Mar, 2007

No social capital for slapping a child

IF ONE takes up golf, tennis or, for that matter, any new endeavour, more then likely some form of training is required.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2007

Put families first

MUCH like the environment, society is showing serious signs of disintegration.

Sat, 13 Jan, 2007

Car as classroom

NO ONE seems to have an answer to the tragic loss of young lives on our roads.

Sat, 28 Oct, 2006

Church’s handling of abuse scandals is revolting

I WATCHED the Panorama programme (BBC1, October 1) on the Vatican’s ‘management’ of paedophile clergy with exasperation and disgust.

Fri, 06 Oct, 2006

Fianna Fáil denies split over exam league tables

FIANNA FÁIL members of a committee asking the Government to review its policy on the release of school exam results insist they support Education Minister Mary Hanafin’s firm opposition to school league tables, despite an apparent split from the party line.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2006

School bus was 24 years old and roads weren’t even fit for bikes

THE National Parents Council, Post-Primary, is concerned about many issues affecting the 12-to-18 age bracket, none more so than the difficulties as regards school transport.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2006

Unlicensed buses carry ‘hundreds’ of children to school

PARENTS groups have called for all buses carrying young people to be placed under the same regulations as those operating under the State-funded school transport system.

Thu, 06 Apr, 2006

Bishop leads condolences to family and community

THE Bishop of Meath Michael Smith was among those to offer his condolences to the family of Michael White and the local community yesterday.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2006

Post-primary school parents don’t want much, but nobody is listening to them

IN this affluent age, when so many young people seem to take everything for granted, having the courage and skill to say ‘no’ the odd time to our children, in the face of powerful peer pressure, is a real issue for a lot of parents.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2005

Tackle issues like crime before speeding

READING the headline “Cameras to catch a million speeding drivers” (Irish Examiner, August 2), annoyance and disbelief surfaced within me.

Fri, 05 Aug, 2005

Missing link in school system discovered

THE interim report of the taskforce on student behaviour in second-level schools found that 5%-10% of students are engaged in various forms of low-level disruption, while those engaged in extreme behaviour represented a very small proportion.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2005

Praise the child only when it is deserved

ONCE again Tony Humphreys hit the nail on the head in his discourse relating to the challenging behaviour of students (Feelgood, Irish Examiner, March 11).

Mon, 21 Mar, 2005

Many others who should have apologised

KEVIN MYERS screwed up big time. I, too, have made mistakes, and by God did I beat myself up over them. It’s hard to beat a Catholic conscience on that score.

Sat, 12 Feb, 2005

Punchestown could never match this

JUST a warning in case you missed Fergus Finlay’s nauseating revelation in his column headlined ‘Government continues scandalous handouts to dog and horse industries’ (Irish Examiner, October 12), or you hadn’t the patience to wade through the figures.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004