Person: John Bellew

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Murdering madness of ISIS must be stopped for humanity’s sake

I agree with John Bellew ( Letters, February 5) that the actions of ISIS by their “vile and brutal murder of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh … have nothing to do with religion, but, rather, are about power, control and egotism”.

IS is about power and egotism, not religion

Politicians need to act to reduce wealth gap

We are owed further price drops for petrol

Socialism stifles creativity and has never worked

ECB should not have meddled in fiscal policy

Dehumanisation in Gaza

The Hamas/Israeli conflict has dehumanised the Gazan people. Dehumanisation is not new in war. 

Fri, 08 Aug, 2014

Labour Party reaping its own reward

When, during an economic downturn you get into bed with one of the terrible twins of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil (nothing distinguishes them bar historical beginnings) you are inevitably in for a hiding come the next elections.

Fri, 30 May, 2014

Rwandan villains

John Bellew, (Letters, April 8) rightly commends Canadian General Romeo Dallaire for his courageous actions during the Rwandan massacre.

Fri, 11 Apr, 2014

No to anti-Semitism

Minister for Justice Alan Shatter is a person I find to be supercilious in manner and grating to listen to, and recent political controversies didn’t do much to ingratiate him to our citizens.

Mon, 07 Apr, 2014

Ireland not bankrupted by overnight decision

John Bellew is wrong to say that “the country was brought to the brink of bankruptcy, in 2008, by a single decision taken on one particular autumn night” [Letters, March 15].

Wed, 19 Mar, 2014

Come on Ms Kerins, our money, our terms

Rehab receives €83m in taxpayers’ money by way of State funding, yet we had chief executive Angela Kerins saying “We are not a State-run organisation nor are any of our staff public servants”.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2014

Reilly plan is a shocker

Minister for Health James Reilly’s proposal for universal health insurance came as quite a surprise to me.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2014

Pussy Riot assault shows Russia unfit for Olympics

Watching TV last week, I saw the Russian punk-rock band, Pussy Riot, being pepper-sprayed and horsewhipped by the Cossack militia, a law-enforcing arm of the state.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2014

I salute you O’Gara

The RTÉ documentary on Ronan O’Gara made for riveting viewing. Certainly it was one of the best biographical documentaries I have seen in some time.

Tue, 07 Jan, 2014

Behind the handshakes we have very few friends in EU

Ajai Chopra, former IMF reviewer for Ireland, has said it was unfair for Irish taxpayers to suffer the cost of bailing out the banks when senior bondholders got their money back.

Sat, 28 Dec, 2013

Offensive response

While watching Leinster v Northampton in the Aviva stadium on Dec 14 I witnessed something that astonished me.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2013

Mood of country not all black — thanks lads

What a game! Yes we were beaten, but it was a narrow victory by what some suggest is the greatest rugby team the world has seen.

Thu, 28 Nov, 2013

Time to box clever

Jerry Daly (Letters, Nov 7) criticised the recent World Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan, for the non-use of safety headgear.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2013

Payment demanded of mourning woman amoral

I am appalled at the treatment of mother-of-two Stephanie Meehan, partner of Fiachra Daly, the Priory Hall resident who tragically took his own life.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2013

Going underground

There is an abundance of souterrains scattered across Ireland and are commonly referred to as “caves”.

Mon, 09 Sep, 2013

Equally outraged

The use of chemical weapons in Syria is deplorable.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2013

An unsporting opinion

K Nolan (Letters, Jul 8, 2013) says “A professional rugby tour sponsored by a disgraced bank. What more does one expect?”

Thu, 11 Jul, 2013

Keep the Upper House

So the stage is set, now that Taoiseach Enda Kenny is pushing ahead with an October referendum to abolish the Seanad.

Mon, 10 Jun, 2013

We’re just a tag-on

The debt deal reached at the EU summit is surely good news for Ireland.

Tue, 03 Jul, 2012

No tax change

In your letters page (May 11) several MBA students from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, made a number of valid points about economic failures spurred on through the Celtic Tiger days and a suggestion for Ireland to get out of our economic mess by raising our corporation tax from 12.5% to 16%.

Wed, 16 May, 2012