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• In reply to Conor Bailey's letter (Irish Independent December 1), my name is John O'Hara. My birthday is on the 12th day of the 12th month too. I will be 79.
John O'Hara
Athlone, Co Westmeath
Irish Independent
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Laughter before and after the tears
* Driving through Connemara, I could not help but observe again the landscape, that is scarred, even seemingly in the most inhospitable and inaccessible places, by the long-abandoned markings of potato allotments that were the only giver of life and harbinger of death should they yield or fail in their cultivation.
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* I find it hard to understand why we entered a singer for the Eurovision noise and banality competition when we had the more relevant expertise of Jedward available.
Proof that austerity is necessary and working
* Sir, I want to congratulate Seamus Coffey on his article on austerity (Irish Independent, May 21).
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