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National broadcaster scraps objectivity

DIFFICULT as it might seem in this era of changing moral and ethical standards throughout Irish society, a new low was reached in the interviewing of presidential candidate Martin McGuinness by Miriam O’Callaghan on the recent RTÉ Prime Time programme.

Your Majesty, here’s a fairly rough guide to Ireland

Envoy’s absence a setback to good relations

What’s wrong with a little contemplation?

O’Neill blown out of office by loyalist conspirators

McDaid murder raises questions about PSNI

Honours system fit for a republic

YOUR mild rebuke (Editorial, March 6) of the Irish State for its failure in not having an honours system in place whereby we could officially acknowledge the contribution made to it by those deemed as worthy recipients is unwarranted.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2009

Cruise O’Brien’s part in a sordid chapter of recent Irish history

THE indignant rant of Pierce Martin (Letters, January 12) in response to my letter of January 5 (‘Intellectual giant who turned into a political pygmy’) clearly shows that even three generations into partition, and all the horrors that have flowed from that seismic event, there are still some among us who resent the removal of British colonialism from Ireland.

Mon, 26 Jan, 2009

Canada shows how to react to offers of British titles

IN his response to my letter (June 9) on the acceptance of British titles by Irish citizens, Cian Martin (‘Flawed case against accepting honours’ (June 30) accuses me of xenophobia — a charge I reject emphatically.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2008

Chipping away at Ireland’s sovereignty

The National Day of Commemoration — on the first Sunday of July each year to remember those Irish who fell during both world wars and on service with the United Nations — is most welcome.

Mon, 12 Nov, 2007

Love Ulster must leave the flags at home

YOUR editorial of March 20, in which you welcome the decision by Willie Frazer of FAIR (Families Acting for Innocent Relatives) to seek permission to hold a Love Ulster march in Dublin next September is, in my view, very regrettable.

Sat, 24 Mar, 2007

The real victims

IN reporting ‘Orange Day’ (Irish Examiner, July 13), you quote Rev Ian Paisley as saying, at an Independent Orange Order demonstration in Portrush, it would be “over our dead bodies” that his party, the DUP, would enter into a power-sharing executive with Sinn Féin.

Tue, 18 Jul, 2006

Marches and memories

THE suggestion by Keith Nolan that the proposed Dublin parade by the ‘Love Ulster’ group should pause to remember the bombings of 1974 “where so-called loyalists perpetrated the biggest mass murder in Irish history” is to be welcomed (Letters, Jan 5).

Sat, 14 Jan, 2006