Person: Rathedmond Sligo

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Letter to the Editor: HSE doomed to failure as services are outsourced

I am still surprised, when I read an article such as Alison O’Connor’s to find that it is possible that those who hang about the corridors of power in search of the inside track still haven’t got it yet when it comes to understanding what ails the health service

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Howlin’s defence of Government policy is near Trevelyan in attitude

O’Brien’s legal action undermines freedoms

Government’s social protection figures need to be seen in context

Provide a living wage, not stigmatisation

Your recent article ‘Jobs plan a community service sentence’ demanded an immediate re-check to see where this was to happen, maybe North Korea or some other such off-the-wall dictatorship.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2014

It’s the innocent who suffer the most

I find Fergus Finlay’s (Opinion, Sept 3) support for a US attack on Syria baffling, given his position as advocate for children’s welfare.

Fri, 06 Sep, 2013

Unemployed being blamed for their plight

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s insulting “nothing is free” comments take waffle and subterfuge to new levels. His comments were made in the context of another ‘jobs plan’, and it is obvious that the Government is admitting defeat and blaming the unemployed for being unemployed, so as to divert attention away from their abject failure.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2013

Inequality needs addressing

Your editorial (Aug 10) “Fairness must define the budget” had the ring of wishful thinking about it — if the depression has taught us one thing it is that Irish politicians do not do “fairness”.

Tue, 14 Aug, 2012

Purchase of ghost estate not a good deal for taxpayers

Hot on the heels of the “Mortgage to Rent” scheme, that benefits mainly private housing associations and the banks, comes another outrageous case of taxpayers’ money being used to further enrich these associations — and many would argue to the detriment of our community as a whole.

Tue, 24 Jul, 2012

Money division

The fiscal treaty referendum poll shows up, in frightening and stark terms, the new reality — Ireland is divided by money.

Tue, 05 Jun, 2012

Invisible empire

While listening to Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore repeating the need to placate and keep sweet investors, businesspeople, etc above all else as he debates the Fiscal Treaty, I recall Woodrow Wilson’s words; “The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests.

Thu, 24 May, 2012

Act of hypocrisy

LISTENING to Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin, and Taoiseach Enda Kenny slaughter the English language by turning the meaning of words such as “fair” and “just” upside down, the words of William Shakespeare came to mind: “I can suck melancholy out of a song, as a weasel sucks eggs.”

Wed, 07 Dec, 2011