Politicians breach principles upon which they were elected

Letter writer, Maeve Halpin from Ranelagh recently ended a letter with the following paragraph:

“Why are extremely lucrative sources of revenue like the telecoms networks, the LUAS network and natural gas supplies in private rather than public hands?

“These guaranteed revenue streams could be used to fund essential services and welfare instead of filling the coffers of multinationals, who pay practically no tax”. (Letters, May 16).