I EXPECT Government TDs will break a new speed of light record on Budget Day next month as they scurry from the justifiably increasing raging populous if they vote for the ‘’leaked cuts’’ in health and social welfare.

NOW that we have mapped the first Irish genome, would it be possible to map the genome of the Irish politician in the hope of improving the breed?

US President Barack Obama recently hosted a healthcare summit at which he said he reads 10 of the 40,000 letters sent daily from Americans to the White House.

AFTER listening and watching the wall-to-wall blanket coverage on RTÉ radio and TV on the sudden and sullen departure of George Lee from Dáil Eireann and the Fine Gael party, I wonder is this a question of power (the lack of) rather than influence.

THE Bord Snip report showed no trace of a social conscience when it targeted €1.8bn in welfare cuts. There are more than 410,000 people unemployed and it’s feared the figure could reach 500,000 over the course of next year.