Person: Leo Armstrong

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Forced to emigrate and paying heavy price

In 1956, as an orphan of 16 years of age, deprived of a secondary or third-level education, I was forced to emigrate because my country was unable to provide me, and thousands like me, with employment.

Holiday weather

Seismic change

Right conclusion

Crumbs for Ireland

HSE a disaster from the start

Jobs turnaround

Has anyone observed how, over the past week, since the passing of the fiscal treaty referendum, the jobs market has suddenly dried up?

Mon, 11 Jun, 2012

‘No one knows the effects of this blood poisoning’

The reality of the DePuy hips scandal can be summed up by Leo Armstrong in one simple irony.

Tue, 20 Mar, 2012

Sneaky move

Recently I received a letter from the pensions office in Sligo seeking information regarding my financial status.

Wed, 15 Feb, 2012

Different set of rules for ordinary people

WHEN under investigation by the gardaí, people like Sean Fitzpatrick are treated differently.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2011

Let’s have constructive talk about race in Ireland

AS Lord Mayor of Naas, Darren Scully had obligations.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2011

Man of compassion with heart in right place

COMING back from France via Le Havre in 1989 after a failed attempt to set up a business in Nice I happened to meet two Irish guys from Offaly who were financially stressed and required help so they could complete their journey home.

Wed, 03 Aug, 2011

Democracy the only guarantor of the least evil

WITH respect, I disagree with Leo Armstrong’s suggestion (Letters, January 12) to put democracy on hold for five years.

Tue, 18 Jan, 2011

Complete political overhaul needed

SINCE April 2008 I have, with some friends, tried to set up a new political party/movement but without success.

Wed, 12 Jan, 2011

Cowen must put the country first and go

A plea to An Taoiseach, What does it take for you to get the message.

Mon, 06 Dec, 2010

Time to decide

TO put the country on hold until late January, or longer, for a general election is wrong.

Wed, 24 Nov, 2010

Celtic Tiger’s windfall farmers should take pain

WITH this country facing economic disaster and the possibility of the IMF moving in, many ordinary citizens are asking where did all the money that was generated during the Celtic Tiger years go?

Mon, 01 Nov, 2010

Cycle lanes no help to struggling shops

I HAD to wait in my car for two hours in Enfield, Co Meath, recently.

Thu, 21 Oct, 2010

Change the system

I SUPPORT the call by Leo Armstrong (Letters, May 17) for political reform because the system has badly failed the people.

Mon, 14 Jun, 2010

Poor response to call for new political party

ON May 17 you published a letter in which I asked people to join me in setting up a new political party as I no longer have any confidence in the Government or the political system.

Mon, 07 Jun, 2010

We need a new political party – right now

FOR the past two years we have seen this country of ours going down hill.

Mon, 17 May, 2010

Norris wasted as a powerless first citizen

ON the Late Late Show on Friday last, Senator David Norris was interviewed in relation to being a potential candidate for the presidency at the next election.

Tue, 04 May, 2010

Passport chaos: unions hit the wrong target

IMMEDIATELY after the breakdown of talks with the Government late last year, the lower paid civil servants said they intended to take industrial action in the new year.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2010

Greed unconfined

LEO Armstrong (Letters, February 27) may well be right that “greedy professionals” are affecting the services that ought to be available to his son with special needs.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2010

My son a victim of specialist greed

PHILIP GREEN (Letters, February 24) is absolutely correct about the exorbitant fees charged by professionals.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2010

Greens should quit

SURELY the time has come to get Fianna Fáil out.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2010

Pensioner a prisoner in his own home

WHY are people like me, a pensioner who has had both hips replaced in the past two years, prisoners in our own homes?

Tue, 12 Jan, 2010

Why I won’t vote for an independent again

DURING general elections many of us opt to support an independent candidate mainly due to frustration with the political parties.

Tue, 05 Jan, 2010

Bertie is in no position to lecture anyone

I AM furious that my alma mater, NUI Maynooth, would consider appointing Bertie Ahern as an honorary adjunct professor. He and his cronies are largely responsible for ...

Mon, 21 Dec, 2009

‘Regulated by’ ... funny if it wasn’t so serious

HAVING observed the lack of regulations during the Celtic Tiger years it still makes me laugh, even today, every time I hear the term “regulated by the financial regulator” after one of our financial institutions’ adverts on radio or TV.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2009

Church and state elites will circle the wagons

WHY should we be surprised it has taken so long for the Murphy report into clerical sex abuse in the Dublin archdiocese to see daylight. When the culprits are members of “sacred” institutions such as the state and the church hierarchy, every effort was made and will continue to be made by those in power to ensure the minimum number of perpetrators will be prosecuted.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2009