Question of priorities

THE announcement that Defence Minister Willie O’Dea is to spend €100 million upgrading military hardware in the Defence Forces will no doubt be welcomed in some quarters.

Others would feel the money could be better spent in contributing to the clean-up costs involved in removing the half a million tonnes of hazardous waste alongside naval headquarters at Haulbowline — particularly in light of the fact that some of the waste dumped there came from the navy itself.

Derry Chambers