Person: Peadar Gill

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Charge is just another tax increase

With reference to the debate on the household charge, we are told by the powers that be the charge is for “fire and emergency services, maintenance and cleaning of streets, planning and development, etc.”

Government itself is an abuse of democracy

Why tax parents of third-level students?

Good men all

We need better drivers, better roads, better policing

Soft targets chosen in anti-carbon campaign

Gas-guzzlers only for those who need them

IT SEEMS I have displeased Peadar Gill (Letters, December 7) by suggesting that gas-guzzling cars should not be allowed to people who don’t need them as an alternative to taxing them heavily.

Tue, 18 Dec, 2007

Snobs and begrudgers target big car drivers

PATRICK BROWNE (Letters, December 5) says he can see a place for people-carriers for larger families and he would advocate SUVs for those who really need them.

Fri, 07 Dec, 2007

Motor tax hike not the way to go

IN VIEW of the proposed motor tax increases, I wonder if Environment Minister John Gormley is living in the real world.

Wed, 14 Nov, 2007

Bertie’s mandate

ANYONE else fed up with the Fianna Fáil mantra being bleated out by Brian Cowen, Mary Hanafin, et al ... that Bertie Ahern has a mandate from the electorate to be Taoiseach?

Tue, 02 Oct, 2007

People forced to use unsafe cars because of VRT

HAS anyone noticed the worrying trend in the number of small, unsafe cars involved in serious crashes?

Fri, 18 May, 2007

Fees would limit access to third-level education

THE President of UCC, Dr Michael Murphy, has called for the re-introduction of fees for universities (The Irish Examiner, March 2). Such a move would, at a stroke, rule out third-level education for thousands of students.

Thu, 08 Mar, 2007

Small chance the child will turn out badly

YOUR correspondent Ann Cronin (Irish Examiner letters, February 10) says that as a lone parent she has - according to Dr Edward Walsh - a “72% chance of raising a murderer and a 60% chance of a rapist”.

Sat, 12 Feb, 2005