Place: Wilton Road Cork

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

yourview

Letter to the Editor: Cycling corridor advocates lacked drive

Your editorial (Irish Examiner, 12/08/19) about cycling in the city quotes a Cork Cycling Campaign spokesman’s opinion that they were unhappy about how the Wilton Road corridor project was publicised and that “councillors may have been convinced by the sheer number of objectors.”

Dudley Edwards has lost any residual crediblity

Election letter: The Coalition’s wins can’t be denied but neither can their failings

New drainage system at Cork city playground failed us miserably

How could a €600k new playground be flooded?

Judicial system needs to catch up with the times

Laws on excrement and criminal damage should be applied equally

It is a truism that the law is an ass.

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

Minister Donohoe needs to clarify rules of roads for urban cyclists

The inevitable has come to pass.

Thu, 01 Oct, 2015

Cycling on a footpath should be an offence unless to protect children

With reference to Aidan Glover’s response (Irish Examiner, Letters, July 23) to my earlier letter, which highlighted concerns about the non-inclusion of cycling on footpaths in the new Fixed Charge Notice (FCN) system.

Tue, 28 Jul, 2015

‘Good news’ from the Government calculated to secure election win

Brace yourself for a barrage of ‘good news’ over the next nine months or so, courtesy of the Government, as they, against the advice of the Fiscal Advisory Council, among others, prepare to secure the outcome of the next general election.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2015

‘No’ lobby want us to return to Church state

The no side in this referendum claim to have the best interest of children and families as their priority. We are, by now, well familiar with the catchphrases and posters used to promote this agenda.

Tue, 19 May, 2015

Cartoons were recklessly provocative

The global condemnation in response to the recent terrorist killings in Paris is commendable.

Tue, 20 Jan, 2015

As a long-term Fine Gael supporter, I face a dilemma over party

That the coalition is in disarray and heading for meltdown is no longer in dispute.

Tue, 30 Dec, 2014

Lagarde must think politicians are too clever by half

“The way the Irish have played this is very clever, they have got everyone to pull together,” So said Ms Cristine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund in an interview with the Financial Times last month.

Sat, 08 Nov, 2014

Warped planning and wretched windmills destroying the beauty of Crosshaven

Last Sunday, we decided to take a trip to Crosshaven, in Cork Harbour, for the first time in years.

Sat, 18 Oct, 2014

Hypocritical of Higgins to visit the homeless

Wasn’t it outrageously hypocritical of President Michael D Higgins to visit homeless families in Dublin?

Thu, 11 Sep, 2014

Dream fades as reality dawns

Last night I had a dream that a thousand candles shone brightly from the windows of Áras an Uachtaráin, welcoming home all those homeless poor souls eking out a pitiful existence within earshot of Phoenix Park in Dublin.

Mon, 09 Jun, 2014

No photo op when 10,000 jobs are lost

511 companies have closed so far this year, a loss of 5,000 to 10,000 jobs, according to the latest Company Registration Office figures.

Fri, 16 May, 2014

Pensioners will give democratic come-uppance

With media focused entirely on the Government lurching daily from farce to fiasco, another significant injustice to pensioners has slipped under the radar, i.e. the unilateral elimination of the Transition Pension for 65-year-olds.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2014

Time to end poisonous sense of entitlement

Really, nobody should be surprised by the poisonous revelations emanating from the Central Remedial Clinic and Irish Water.

Tue, 21 Jan, 2014

Bus strike a first step

The NBRU should be applauded for taking the first step.

Tue, 06 Aug, 2013

Paying the price for pat on head from Merkel

Surprise, surprise, we are back in recession again.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2013

Local property tax is a slush fund for the elite

What happens the money collected by the local property tax? You don’t need to be Constantin Gurdgiev to understand.

Sat, 01 Jun, 2013

Unnecessary budget cuts deflect attention from politicians’ pay

It is difficult to understand how or why any group of intelligent, socially responsible politicians would choose, among myriad options open to them, to impose the kind of cruel, mean and totally unnecessary cuts in the recent budget.

Fri, 28 Dec, 2012

Church has right to regulate own affairs

Your editorial (Apr 7) was an ill-informed, exaggerated and unjustified attack on the right of the Magesterium of the Catholic Church to regulate its own affairs.

Tue, 17 Apr, 2012

Groundhog days ahead

At present we have a weak government and a weaker opposition.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2012

Revenue at fault over pension tax debacle

SEVEN years ago I called to the tax office and informed them that I was then in receipt of an OAP in addition to a private pension.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2012

Time to fight for real equality

WIDESPREAD threats about non-payment of the household tax are of course just a symptom of a much deeper and far-reaching malaise in Irish society.

Tue, 03 Jan, 2012

Equality needed in age of austerity

PROTEST marches like the recent one in Dublin against further austerity measures in the next budget have their place, but we can march ‘till the cows come home for all the good it will do in terms of influencing government thinking.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2011

Money wasted on so-called experts

ONE aspect of political reform that has escaped any examination so far is the use, overuse and misuse by the government of the plethora of consultants, lawyers, special advisors, spin-doctors, public relations experts, estate agents and so on.

Mon, 14 Feb, 2011

Bringing up baby — with a mountain of debt

WE recently were blessed with the arrival of a beautiful new granddaughter.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2011

Time to overhaul dysfunctional judicial system

APROPOS the latest scandal of the AIB bonuses, how many times have we heard government excuses saying they were hampered by contractual or legal constraints when dealing with pay and conditions of the untouchables and the insiders?

Mon, 13 Dec, 2010

Now may we have the President’s views on FF?

SPEAKING recently at a conference of the Institute for Public Administration, President Mary McAleese stated, quite correctly, that we “should rigorously address any form of persistent under-performance in the public service and that tolerance of any under-performance was very damaging in reputational terms”.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2010

Ashamed to be Irish

HAVING spent more than 45 years working, living and travelling in many countries, my wife and I were always comfortable in and proud of our Irishness, our history and culture.

Tue, 05 Oct, 2010

When will the trade union ‘big two’ invoke the fighting spirit of Larkin and Connolly?

THE people of Ireland are crying out for radical political and social change.

Mon, 20 Sep, 2010

Frightening, bewildering, undemocratic – but true

HERE’S the real, frightening and ugly truth about NAMA. Its bosses say they will diligently chase all developers for the full repayment of their loans, totalling more than €70 billion.

Fri, 27 Aug, 2010

How to put brakes on speedsters

THERE has been much ill-informed opinion about speeding on our roads following the recent horrific death of eight young people in Donegal.

Tue, 03 Aug, 2010

One way the ‘little people’ can get their own back

IN RESPONSE to Patrick Dolan’s letter (May 20) concerning options for the “little people” in the current financial crisis, we have in fact one powerful weapon at our disposal.

Fri, 28 May, 2010

The horse has bolted

YOUR editorial headlined ‘A week that showed us the future’, (April 17), concerning the new financial regulator, is very apt.

Mon, 26 Apr, 2010

Red alert as ‘green route’ turns into nightmare

HAS anyone noticed the big, expensive sign proudly mounted at Wilton roundabout in Cork proclaiming the advent of a so-called green route from Curraheen to the city centre?

Thu, 28 Jan, 2010

Sacramental issues best left to a theologian

I HAVE a dilemma, whether it’s moral, spiritual or social I’m not sure.

Mon, 21 Dec, 2009

It’s a zero sum game and we need one million Croke Parks to play it

THERE is some ambiguity as to who invented the concept of “zero” – probably one of the most important and vital numbers used in maths and commerce since around the first century AD.

Thu, 12 Nov, 2009

Take a conducted tour of our own Palace in the Sky

IN a beautiful place called Tagaytay, just south of Manila in the Philippines, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos built a magnificent, if ostentatious, hideaway known locally as the Palace in the Sky. It is built on a hill overlooking the famous Lake Taal with its multiple islands, volcanoes and lush green surrounds.

Sat, 17 Oct, 2009