Not dumb enough . . . Hunters . . . Irony . . . Ex-pats
- IN taking David McWilliams to task for "constant dumbing down", JR Smee confidently asserts that "most of us normal folk actually do have the capacity to comprehend such far-out concepts as banks and credit" (Letters, December 28).
The fact that both the banks and the economy are now nearly bankrupt is sufficient evidence that, whatever about "us normal folk", those powerful people who had control of the Government, banks and the building industry did not "have the capacity to comprehend such far-out concepts as banks and credit".
David McWilliams obviously did not dumb down enough.
A Leavy
Sutton, Dublin 13
- THE warning by stag hunters that they may block Dublin city centre with their horses could serve a very useful purpose from an anti-hunting point of view.
It would allow the wider public to appreciate how disruptive the hunters are in the pursuit of their delightful pastime.
John Fitzgerald
Callan, Co Kilkenny
- WOULD I be alone in finding it ironic that a private hospital which advertises its belief that no one should have to wait for care is only open between the hours of 8am and 6pm Monday to Saturday?
Presumably if you get sick in the evening or on a Sunday or bank holiday they will direct you to the unreformed, inflexible and backward public sector!
Pat Crowe
Celbridge, Co Kildare
- LIAM O Cuinneagain and Bobby Gilmore both wrote letters asking for the Irish abroad to be given the right to vote.
It is about time that we were given the same rights as our European neighbours, such as France, which has long granted its countrymen living abroad the right to be a part of the French political process.
David Stapleton
Grenoble, France
Irish Independent
