A few weeks ago the media informed us that there were 4,700 jobs which required varying levels of technology skills, waiting to be filled.

When one joins a club and becomes a member one has to abide by the club’s rules and in some situations adjust one’s lifestyle to comply.

Budget day is fast approaching and the amount of time left for its architects to scrape together sources of revenue that might deflect the burden of heavy taxation away from at least some of our citizens is diminishing.

It is the duty of the government of a civilised country that the children have a very good primary education.

‘Half a loaf is better then no bread’. This particular slogan has always been regarded as sound advice.

Our beloved country is suffering from a serious fiscal depression and we are trying to talk our way out of it.

IF it is necessary to make adjustments to our constitution to enable a radical overhaul of the size of our Government and the number of TDs, senators and quangos, surely we should be making preparations by including the necessary provisions in a referendum.

SINCE 1923, when she gained her independence, Old Mother Macree’s economic train has hit the buffers on a number of occasions and the seriousness of the crash depended on the type of cargo that she was carrying.

MOST perpetrators of reckless behaviour that causes damage or hardship to others can be prosecuted if the victims engage the assistance of the law.

DEPUTY Ned O’Keeffe is apparently now opposed to the co-location of private hospitals on public lands (January 31).

THE reaction of the west to the Israeli offensive in Lebanon was pitiful.

ONCE upon a time, and a very short time ago it was, before developers descended, before machinery moved in, before the concrete jungle was born, we lived in a village.

IN reply to Maurice Fitzgerald (Irish Examiner letters, October 8), commercial vehicles have been undergoing rigorous DOE tests for well over 20 years - unlike the NCT, which has been around for the last four years.