Wednesday 22 May 2013
• This Government's tactic to introduce the household and property taxes is nothing short of disgraceful. We must be the most overtaxed country in the world. These bullyboy tactics will be the end for this lot. The Labour Party is a disgrace. It stands for nothing. We will see massive voter apathy come the next general election, simply because there is no alternative.
Martin Crowley
Broomfield, Midleton, Co Cork
Irish Independent
* The next Catholic Primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has controversially stated that TDs who support the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill are excommunicating themselves and should be denied Communion because they would be knowingly introducing legislation aiding and abetting abortion.
* I was thrilled to discover that the Department of Jobs For The Boys has being carrying out its remit in an exemplary manner.
* "When the crop fails, the king dies" is an ancient rule of Ireland, and more than any other law I have read, it is, in my opinion, the finest encapsulation of what political duty entails. Last week, a king of our most important crop, the nation's children, left this realm for the afterlife.
* The next Catholic Primate, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has controversially stated that TDs who support the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill are excommunicating themselves and should be denied Communion because they would be knowingly introducing legislation aiding and abetting abortion.
* I was thrilled to discover that the Department of Jobs For The Boys has being carrying out its remit in an exemplary manner.
* "When the crop fails, the king dies" is an ancient rule of Ireland, and more than any other law I have read, it is, in my opinion, the finest encapsulation of what political duty entails. Last week, a king of our most important crop, the nation's children, left this realm for the afterlife.
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