Place: Kildare Street Dublin 2

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Department’s response to flooding was swift, thorough, and flexible

I refer to yesterday’s article relating to flood damage assistance for farmers. Your readers may have gotten the mistaken impression that there has been delay in the response to the severe flooding events of December 2015 and January 2016 on the part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Best practice systems are tightly enforced at our fish farms

Agri-Vision report will point the way to an export-led national recovery

List system for TDs is a denial of democracy

Political plumage

Who to blame for homeless crisis

‘Grey Panthers’ should not be forced out to grass

THESE days most of the column inches in our newspapers are consumed by the global economic crisis to which Ireland is far from immune.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2008

Government should follow church lead on education

I WELCOME the Catholic Church’s recent statement on their future role in education. Essentially the church is saying it will remain involved in education only if parents so wish.

Wed, 21 May, 2008

Farmers would welcome free trade — provided it is fair trade

YOUR columnist Steven King (April 30) appears to dismiss the agricultural sector of the economy as a has-been industry being fast-tracked to inevitable decline by the WTO negotiations.

Wed, 07 May, 2008

Green senator accused of U-turn on Lisbon treaty

SPEAKING at a Sinn Féin-organised conference on the EU constitution in 2005, Deirdre de Búrca called for its rejection on the grounds that it “only addresses the EU’s democratic deficit in a limited way”.

Fri, 22 Feb, 2008

No place for hundreds of long-stay patients

MORE than 450 patients will have spent this Christmas in hospital because the HSE has not put in place adequate step-down facilities.

Sat, 05 Jan, 2008

Pensioners should have free travel all day

MINISTER Cullen’s recent announcement that free bus travel for pensioners is to be available 45 minutes earlier than before is a welcome if somewhat inadequate development.

Fri, 10 Mar, 2006

Real reason for fall in social spending

ONCE again, Sinn Féin’s Arthur Morgan misses the point on tax and spending (Irish Examiner letters, January 26).

Fri, 03 Feb, 2006

Government committed to developing public transport network

THE claim by Michael Job (Irish Examiner letters, January 11) that the Government has invested in roads at the expense of public transport is simply untrue.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2006

Range of options for post-Leaving students

IN response to your editorial headlined ‘Vital sector is shamefully neglected’ (Irish Examiner, December 2), I wish to point out that this Government remains committed to improving participation and achievement at every level of education.

Sat, 10 Dec, 2005

After the Rainbow, it’s Kenny’s Kaleidoscope

AT their recent ‘think-in’ in Portlaoise, Fine Gael accomplished a remarkable feat of political dexterity.

Thu, 22 Sep, 2005

State got rotten deal on gas field

SEVERAL journalists and politicians have referred to Sinn Féin having “jumped on the bandwagon” in its support for the five men jailed for protesting over the proposed Corrib gas pipeline.

Thu, 14 Jul, 2005

FF are not in the publicans’ pocket

IN response to Paul Mills’ column (Irish Examiner, June 16) I would like to counter the accusation that this Government - and Fianna Fáil in particular - are beholden to vested interests.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2005

We’re spending millions fighting drug abuse

I WANT to take issue with comments made by the Labour Party spokesperson on justice, Joe Costello, TD, at the launch of his party’s submission to the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy (Irish Examiner, October 12).

Wed, 20 Oct, 2004

De Rossa's whinge undermines us all

THE recent outbursts of Proinsias de Rossa prove that the cynicism of the Labour party knows no bounds.

Wed, 28 Jul, 2004