Health and education self-delusion

Your recent editorials shine a spotlight on the grim realities overshadowing two fundamental elements of our wellbeing as a mature and thriving society — “dumbing down education” and “health services crisis” (The Irish Examiner, March 11, 2014).

The two core aspirations which we should cherish most are failing us, despite the veneer of pseudo-aggrandisement which wafts around entrepreneurial expertise, IT corporate excellence, can-do enterprise and a quality of healthcare second to none.

Morgan Kelly is right on the money. His claim of a “dumbing down” of the education system is precisely as you surmise, “a self-inflicted, avoidable weakness”.