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€5.2m for man severely shocked at work

A 24-year-old man who suffered devastating injuries after he was severely electrically shocked as he worked on a building site, has settled his High Court action for €5.2m damages.

Transport cuts would take us back to the 1950s

New city buses are a welcome sight

Enda’s school drugs proposal failed test in US

City where transport system retains a few old vehicles for purely historical reasons

I AM delighted that the UEFA Cup final will be held in the newly-refurbished Lansdowne Road stadium in 2010 and that the Under-21 European Championships may also be staged in Ireland with the final in Lansdowne Road.

Thu, 19 Oct, 2006

People of Monaghan lead the way

I CONGRATULATE the 7,000-plus demonstrators who spoiled the party/propaganda photo shoot for the Fianna Fáil party hacks at the recent opening of the Monaghan bypass in protest against the planned closure of Monaghan General Hospital.

Mon, 02 Oct, 2006

Persistent cold-callers should be told to get off the line once and for all

I WELCOME the Government’s proposals to ban persistent cold-calling.

Thu, 31 Aug, 2006

Planes bomb alert was more propaganda than plot

I HAVE been reading carefully through all the newspapers to try to find the truth about the so-called planes bomb plot.

Sat, 19 Aug, 2006

Harney’s ideological block on new buses

I AM appalled that a proposal by Transport Minister Martin Cullen to fund 100 new vehicles for Dublin Bus, at a cost of €300 million to the State, is being blocked by Tánaiste Mary Harney who is insisting that the bus market be reformed before any more public money is invested in the company.

Thu, 17 Aug, 2006

Why are latecomers allowed spoil the movie for those who make the effort to be there on time?

SOMETHING should be done about those people who arrive late into a film, often 15 minutes after it has started.

Tue, 11 Jul, 2006

If they knew the job might have to be redone, why did they start it in the first place?

NO sooner had the improvement works on O’Connell Street in Dublin finished recently than the city council started more work on the street, at the Spire.

Mon, 03 Jul, 2006

Making a difference

THE huge public outcry following the striking down of a section of the statutory rape law proves that people power can make a difference.

Tue, 06 Jun, 2006

Roots of the A&E crisis can be traced back to Haughey government of the late 1980s

THE report by UK healthcare consultants Tribal Secta stating that the A&E system is not in crisis is, frankly, a load of rubbish.

Mon, 22 May, 2006

‘Poodle passports’ no badge of sovereignty

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is to introduce new offences relating to travelling on a false Irish passport.

Wed, 03 May, 2006

Putting the police record in perspective

IT’S been claimed that an unarmed RIC man was the first victim of the Eater Rising at the GPO in Dublin.

Mon, 24 Apr, 2006

Mandate has right to opt out of partnership talks

MANDATE, the third largest trade union in the 26 counties, representing 40,000 bar, retail and shop workers, was right to pull out of that so-called partnership process and go it alone.

Fri, 31 Mar, 2006

Iraq: worse than ever

THREE years after the Bush/Blair-led invasion of Iraq, the country is in worse shape than ever, as violence escalates and the country hovers on the brink of civil war.

Fri, 24 Mar, 2006

Telling the truth about seal hunting

IN just a few weeks, the largest slaughter of marine mammals is set to begin on the ice off Canada's east coast. Over 300,000 seals, mostly pups, will be bludgeoned or shot to death for their fur.

Wed, 22 Mar, 2006

Car sales boom will add to traffic chaos

THE traffic situation in Dublin has been a nightmare for years, but it has worsened considerably in recent weeks. Gridlock is now a common occurrence for much of the day.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2006

Send for the clampers

CAN anybody do something about cars parked illegally in the bus lanes?

Tue, 14 Feb, 2006

Rules of the game

I WAS shocked to see All-Ireland football champions Tyrone take the Sam Maguire Cup to the home of Glasgow Celtic.

Sat, 21 Jan, 2006

Pulling the plug

I THOUGHT the Christmas season didn’t end until midnight on January 6.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2006

McCreevy has finally revealed his true political colours

SO Charlie McCreevy, EU competitiveness commissioner, has finally shown his true Thatcherite colours.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2005

Up to speed

I WISH to congratulate Dublin radio station Anna Livia 103.2 for their excellent traffic reports every four minutes, Monday to Friday, from 7.30-10am and 4.30-7pm.

Sat, 22 Oct, 2005

Campaign vital in tackling A&E crisis

I AM delighted that the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) has endorsed the commencement of the second phase of its A&E Enough is Enough campaign.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2005

Orange day should be a national holiday

I WELCOME the move by Galway Council of Trade Unions to have July 12 declared a national holiday “in recognition of the other traditions in the island of Ireland, and in furtherance of the peace process.”

Wed, 22 Jun, 2005

Conference boost for post workers

AT the recent annual conference of the Civil Public & Services Union in Killarney, our motion from the An Post branch was passed unanimously.

Mon, 18 Apr, 2005

Welcome back

I AM delighted that Mick O’Reilly has been reinstated as Ireland regional secretary of the ATGWU.

Thu, 30 Dec, 2004

Is there an agenda to privatise An Post?

AS an employee of An Post I wonder how the service can suddenly go from €1m profit to a loss of over €40m?

Sat, 11 Dec, 2004

An ominous silence

I AM appalled at the killing of the defenceless seals on the Blasket islands and at the silence of people in Kerry about the identities of the killers.

Fri, 19 Nov, 2004

Is this a record?

I COULDN’T believe my eyes the other morning. When I was coming down Henry Street in Dublin they were putting up the Christmas street lights and decorations. It was October 6.

Sat, 09 Oct, 2004

Cut your heating costs

DID you know that lowering your home temperature by 1°C can reduce your heating bill by up to 10%?

Sat, 02 Oct, 2004

Why blame the staff?

WHY is Richard Bruton, Fine Gael spokesman on finance and a hard-working TD for Dublin North Central, laying all the blame for the current AIB scandal on the staff?

Thu, 20 May, 2004

Medical card numbers and political carrots

THE number of people with medical cards has reportedly fallen by 100,000 since this Government first came to power in 1997.

Sat, 01 May, 2004

Backing right to march

I SUPPORT the call by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) for gardaí to respect protestors’ right to march on May Day, and to protect those rights.

Wed, 28 Apr, 2004

Our tax regime is out of kilter

I FULLY support the call by the Conference of Religious in Ireland (CORI) on the Government to raise taxes on the wealthy in order to address the growing gap between the rich and poor caused by low-tax policies.

Fri, 23 Apr, 2004

Come out in support of the Irish language

IT is absolutely outrageous that Irish is the only native language of any country in the European Union (EU) that is not an official language in the EU.

Thu, 22 Apr, 2004

Forgotten victims

WHY did the Irish media fail to heed the call from fellow journalists for a global day of mourning and protest over the failure of the US to probe the killing of media personnel in Iraq?

Wed, 14 Apr, 2004

Join the march for a social Europe

WE should all support the call by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) for a European day of action on April 2/3, when hundreds of thousands of citizens are expected to demonstrate in support a democracy, justice, equality, tolerance and freedom across our continent.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2004