Person: Jim Mullins

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Readers' Blog: Moderate drinkers will be hit hard

The pre-Budget submission from Alcohol Action Ireland demonstrates that there will be a massive price to pay for minimum unit pricing (MUP) by even moderate drinkers.

We elected them and got what we deserved

Bus and rail driven by different attitudes

Beer adverts fall flat

SO the price of Guinness products is set to rise yet again (February 20).

Wed, 27 Feb, 2008

Taoiseach gives VHI a free run

THE Taoiseach showed his loss of touch with ordinary citizens in his outburst against BUPA last Friday. His venomous rantings and ridicule of a respected company with a huge customer base here contrasts with his joy at rubbing shoulders with fat-cat developers in the FF tent at the Galway races, some of them known tax defaulters.

Thu, 21 Dec, 2006

Mayoral pacts are the height of hypocrisy

I WAS taken aback at the uproar in Fine Gael over the election of Diarmuid Scully as mayor of Limerick. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2005

BA’s new chief leaves the dinosaurs behind

IT was with mixed emotions that I read of the appointment of Willie Walsh as CEO of British Airways (Irish Examiner, March 9).

Fri, 11 Mar, 2005

Bertie performs poorly as a criminal detective

IN the fallout from the Northern Bank heist, Sinn Féin and the IRA have not come up smelling of roses. But as someone who believes in due process I am willing to reserve judgement until Bertie’s evidence is publicised.

Sat, 29 Jan, 2005

EU can’t usurp the authority of the UN

JIM MULLINS (Irish Examiner, May 25) thinks the EU ought to usurp UN authority in sanctioning Israel.

Mon, 07 Jun, 2004

EU must act to uphold international law

I DESPAIR at the UN Security Council’s condemnation of the Israeli crimes in Gaza.

Tue, 25 May, 2004

Now we can expect the same for less

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy’s estimates indicate that as a result of benchmarking, public services are to be cut.

Tue, 18 Nov, 2003

Property or shares?

I READ and watched with amusement the coverage of the recent NCB report on property valuations.

Mon, 30 Jun, 2003