Person: Richard Ashton

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Argos owner Home Retail to up redress

Argos owner Home Retail said yesterday it may need to increase a provision by up to £30m (€38m) to compensate financial services customers who were overcharged, taking the shine off its best quarterly trading report for two years.

business

TV sales slump hits Argos

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Asylum is about refuge, not right of residence

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Simplistic nonsense on immigration

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Asylum seekers don’t have right of residence

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Social housing policy has reverse effect

Smoking ban could also apply to your home

MUCH of the recent comments are on smoking in pubs. However, the effect of the ban is far more intrusive.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2003

Health police have taken your handcart

I WONDER if people still appreciate the full implications of the ban on smoking due to come into effect on January 1 next.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2003

Real fear is that SARS becomes endemic

WHEN you look at the number of people infected with SARS and the number of people it kills, at first sight it seems hard to fathom why it is making international headlines. In terms of deadliness and numbers infected, it must rank well down the list.

Sat, 03 May, 2003

The real issue

I HAVE to take issue with Seamus Lynch’s interpretation of the recent anti-racist campaign (Irish Examiner letters, Dec 28). He gave the example of an Irish girl holding up her ID card working in Bahrain.

Sat, 11 Jan, 2003

Refugees - or fellow citizens?

THE Nice referendum is history now, but the result has thrown up one intriguing aspect – the status of east European refugees in Ireland.

Tue, 31 Dec, 2002

Minister should get the sack

I READ with great anger that the Minister for Health, Micheal Martin, refused additional funding to allow Monaghan Hospital operate a safe maternity unit.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2002

Cigarette price increase plays into the hands of illegal traders

I SEE that Dr Fenton Howell of ASH Ireland has trotted out his well-worn annual message (Irish Examiner letters, Dec 2) claiming that thousands of lives would be saved if only we would increase the price of tobacco.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2002

Ryanair has a clear policy on passports

I FIND it amazing that Dublin City Council is proposing to boycott Ryanair because they require passports to be shown at check-in.

Thu, 14 Nov, 2002

Re-run of Nice: now let's have a re-run of the general election

I AGREE completely with Richard Ashton's letter (Irish Examiner, September 11).

Sat, 21 Sep, 2002

Nice treaty will strip us of ability to have some say in our future

MINISTER of State Dick Roche is being disingenuous when he says Ireland will not lose a full-time commissioner under Nice.

Fri, 09 Aug, 2002

A call for parity

I note with interest that IBEC have made representations to the Commission for Energy Regulation and have succeeded in convincing it that businesses have suffered substantial wage and insurance increases and that there is no possibility of them absorbing the costs.

Wed, 31 Jul, 2002

Sort out our national priorities

IT is indeed a funny old world. I cannot speak for other industries but your readers may be amused to hear about my own situation.

Tue, 23 Jul, 2002

A No vote in the Nice Treaty will be doing the EU a big favour

We are inexorably headed for another referendum on the Nice Treaty in spite of the outcry, even though we've already voted No.

Wed, 10 Jul, 2002