print edition 12.12.2008

Letters

Zero tolerance for parents too

I agree with Mary Mitchell O'Connor ('We need zero tolerance', Letters, December 11).

Cardinal Brady -- family defender

I cannot thank Cardinal Brady enough for defending and speaking up for married couples and families like our own, consisting of mother, father and children, at the recent Ceifin Conference (Irish Independent, November 5).

No excuses for Roma beggars

Dualta Roughneen is talking nonsense ('Shameful abuse of Roma beggars', Letters, December 10).

Helping hand for Haiti's vulnerable

I would like to commend the RTE team on the compelling documentary 'Haiti, a Hundred Dead People in my Truck' which aired on Monday night.

Bankers better sit this one out

We must reassert position at heart of EU

People power. . . priorities. . . tyrants. . . parasites

Today's Paper

Video Highlights

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Oldest woman defeats Everest again

Watanabe reached the summit from the Tibetan side on 19 May, at the age of 73 years and 180 days. That day, more than 200 climbers were aiming for the summit on the busier southern route in Nepal. Four died, apparently from altitude sickness and exhaustion, on one of the deadliest days on the mountain.

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Irish players prepare to pack bags for Euro 2012

Republic of Ireland stars preparing to pack their backs for Euro 2012 training base have been making the most of the summer sunshine in north county Dublin. There is a small matter of their Euro 2012 farewell friendly against Bosnia first. Shane

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Gazza get his tongue out again

Gazza, capped 57 times, last appeared in an England shirt against Belgium in 1998 and now he wears the Three Lions once more as England gears up for Europe?s biggest football tournament