Our apathy is appalling. I don’t want to return

I WAS heartened to read Pat Brosnan’s column (Irish Examiner, Oct 31).

Our apathy is appalling. I don’t want to return
Mon, 10 Nov, 2003 - 00:00

He expressed my views on how the country has been appallingly mismanaged by our so-called representatives. We have seen another 'Terrible Beauty' arise from the ashes of the Celtic Tiger where, once again, the only people keeping warm at the edge of those ashes now are the politicians and the fat cats.

As a student in the US, and an Irish citizen, I have no wish to return to my homeland because I have grown to despise the State and all that it has become.

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