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Madam – Fantastic columns by Shane Ross and Gene Kerrigan in your issue of last Sunday. Keep up the pressure on our well-paid and well-fed political friends, lads! Well done.
Michael Farrell,
Carlow
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Casting the first stone?
* 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.
State ‘jobs for the boys’ policy benefits us all
* I was thrilled to discover that the Department of Jobs For The Boys has being carrying out its remit in an exemplary manner.
Let’s carry Donal’s message in our hearts
* "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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