• Wouldn't it be a wonderful gesture if the ministers and TDs gave of their bounty to reverse the cut in the Budget to the carers' respite?
E M Green
Rathnew, Co Wicklow
Irish Independent
• Wouldn't it be a wonderful gesture if the ministers and TDs gave of their bounty to reverse the cut in the Budget to the carers' respite?
E M Green
Rathnew, Co Wicklow
Irish Independent
Our Government needs to face up to the harsh reality of the current situation that thousands of families are faced with across Ireland, a country that is ravaged by austerity and poverty.
I overheard the most pathetic conversation on the train last week. I won't repeat it. The conversation involved two girls and the subject was Twitter.
It would appear that for the higher echelons in the Roman Catholic Church, like Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the wages of sin have been changed to spending a vacation somewhere hot, but not too hot.
Our Government needs to face up to the harsh reality of the current situation that thousands of families are faced with across Ireland, a country that is ravaged by austerity and poverty.
I overheard the most pathetic conversation on the train last week. I won't repeat it. The conversation involved two girls and the subject was Twitter.
It would appear that for the higher echelons in the Roman Catholic Church, like Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the wages of sin have been changed to spending a vacation somewhere hot, but not too hot.
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