SO the Dáil last week discussed some very important legislation concerning ... dogs.

WHY have we wasted so much money on more reports that will not be acted on.

I WAS flabbergasted by the appeal to its flock from the diocese of Ferns to help it pay for the serious abuse that some of its religious committed against young children.

THE people have spoken, but it won’t matter a whit to the all-party political hypocrites in the councils who will simply divvy out the plum jobs between each other.

WHAT was most annoying about the Taoiseach’s Dáil announcement of the €2 billion cuts package was that 20 junior ministers were spared the axe.

THERE is no doubt that the banks will be at a loss for many hundreds of millions of unpaid debt and yet if they were to fulfil their commitment to their communities they could give back to the nation the chance to be educated in proper school buildings by lending at very cheap borrowing conditions to the various VECs around the country.

RTÉ’s forthcoming documentary on the life and times of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern seems to me a waste of public money.

DECADES ago we were told food would be cheaper and we would save a fortune on new cars if we joined the EEC, as it was then known.

SATELLITE navigation (SatNav) will soon be standard in most vehicles.

I WISH rather bemused by Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary’s recent comments about ‘fat cat’ business travellers.

I HEARD recently on radio that Ryanair is to sell scratch cards to its passengers.

AER Lingus is to be commended for reversing its decision not to carry human remains home for burial.