After watching some young people interviewed on the Late Late Show, I discussed with my teenage granddaughter if she supported her peers in missing school classes to go on protest marches in preventing global warming.

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was asked the same question at least seven times on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, on Wednesday’s show, and each time he gave an answer which was far removed from what he was asked.

On the morning of 8th January, 1979, I was on a Night Shift at Great Island Power Station in County Wexford.

Two former taoisigh, Bertie Ahern and John Bruton, were interviewed on RTÉ TV’s This week in Politics last Sunday, making a joint demand for rerunning of the 2016 Brexit referendum, which is surely an affront to democracy, especially coming from these former prominent politicians.

Most Irish media have been headlining the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report on the critical demise of various species without noticing the huge impact Irish people have on the depopulation of these world species and even our impact on Ireland’s native animals and birds.

The death of Winnie Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist and ex-wife of revolutionary Nelson Mandela, does not seem to be causing much grief for her previous supporters (having listened to a Dunnes Stores worker, who had taken part in the South Africa produce boycott of 1984, on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland).

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WILL anyone stand up to Ireland’s totalitarian type of law enactment by the Green Party, which is far in excess of their electoral support and is based entirely on their extremely questionable ideology (which Eamon Ryan dislikes to be reminded of, as was demonstrated on Prime Time last week)?

ENVIRONMENT Minster John Gormley stood beside Taoiseach Brian Cowen during the four-year austerity plan press conference last Wednesday and proudly announced the doubling of Ireland’s carbon taxes (as part of the Green party contribution to that plan).

HAS anyone noticed lately that the notes being issued by Irish banks mostly seem to come from Germany?

ACCORDING to Tánaiste and Enterprise Minister Mary Coughlan, “Government policies” led to an abundance of job creation in Ireland (speech, June 4, 2004) during the so-called Celtic Tiger period while “external factors” led to jobs being lost in our economy.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey says he has no funds for repair of the roads damaged by the recent ice, snow and heavy rain. I can point him towards a related fund which did not exist this time last year.

REGARDING the lack of funding available to local authorities for gritting of roads during this extended icy spell, I suggest the Government allocate some of the monies it is collecting from the so-called carbon taxes in the recent budget to such a purpose while we await global warming to kick in.

WHILE watching RTÉ’s TV show Customs recently, there was a segment which showed the seizure of “prescription drugs” (sleeping pills) which had been “bought legally” over the counter in Spain and an attempt had been made to smuggle them through Dublin airport.

The chairman of the Commons committee which interrogated British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly just two days before his apparent suicide was today giving evidence to the inquiry into his death.

DOWNING Street communications chief Alastair Campbell is to give evidence next week to the inquiry investigating the death of Government weapons scientist David Kelly, it was announced yesterday.

SOLICITORS who specialise in personal injury claims are threatening to go to the High Court to test the legality of strict new regulations which ban advertising of their services.