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Council updates vote by ignoring regulations

THE FG/Labour-controlled Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council apparently was the only local authority in the country that managed successfully to update its electoral register on time and without making widespread errors or incorrect deletions.

Nothing to declare?

Political motive behind change of heart on nursing home repayments

Bertie’s comment highlights FF’s failings

Irish the only compulsory Leaving Certificate subject

Haughey and his reduced Shakespeare works

Bertie should apply standards he set for others

IN 2001 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern won a libel action in relation to false allegations levelled against him by a businessman.

Tue, 23 May, 2006

FG leader wants drunks out of A&E — what’s so unethical about that?

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny said recently that his party in Government would get drunks and their hangers-on out of A&Es, hit the pockets of those who are abusing the system and make room for patients who are genuinely deserving of treatment.

Mon, 22 May, 2006

Radical action needed to revive Irish language

THE limited measures to improve the standard of Irish language teaching, announced recently by Education Minister Mary Hanafin, are to be welcomed, but they fall far short of what is necessary to have any meaningful impact.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2006

Radical action needed to revive Irish language

THE limited measures to improve the standard of Irish teaching, announced recently by Education Minister Mary Hanafin, are to be welcomed, but they fall far short of what is necessary to have any meaningful impact.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2006

Time to blank out a cryptic commentator

THREE cheers for Edward O’Raghallaigh (‘Long and short of a cryptic commentator’, Irish Examiner letters, April 17).

Fri, 21 Apr, 2006

Bertie’s selective approach to landmark events

ANYONE who suspected that the 1916 commemorations were a Fianna Fáil electioneering ploy had their suspicions confirmed by the brazen comments made by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the opening of the 1916 exhibition at the National Museum last week.

Thu, 20 Apr, 2006

Politics of condemnation

ON RTÉ’s Prime Time on April 4, Sinn Féin’s Pat Doherty said he wished to ‘condemn unreservedly’ the murder of Denis Donaldson in Co Donegal.

Thu, 06 Apr, 2006

Pistol-pointing O’Dea was grossly insensitive and utterly wrong

I WAS appalled by the picture on your front page of Defence Minister Willie O’Dea, who is charged with the safety and security of the citizens of this State.

Sat, 19 Nov, 2005

Bertie changes his tune on Charlie

THE Fianna Fáil árd fheis served one useful purpose — it illustrated perfectly how that party has retained its ambivalent attitudes towards low standards in high office.

Tue, 25 Oct, 2005