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Time to stand up for Erris
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
The people of Erris should fiercely resist attempts to downgrade the local hospital to a glorified first aid station, writes John Cuffe.
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I don’t have any ‘pull’ with the White House!
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
SIR – I write to correct a factual error in a piece in the Western People from February 23 (‘Every Chance Obama will pay visit to West’).
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Blinkered Corrib advocacy must be challenged
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
SIR – It’s interesting to note that Mr Brendan Cafferty has finally summoned up the courage to peep over the parapet after the credibility of his beloved Corrib gas project was utterly and comprehensively destroyed by An Bord Pleanála’s decision of last October.
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Pat O’Donnell and the curse of Beverley
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
SIR – In the letters page of last week’s Western People we had a missive from one Paul Lynch on the jailing of Pat O’Donnell, with the heading ‘Pat O’Donnell is conveniently stuck in jail’, in which Mr Lynch alleges that the jailing of O’Donnell may be to facilitate further work by Shell.
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Pat O’Donnell is ‘conveniently stuck in jail’
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
SIR – The jailing of Pat O’ Donnell, local Mayo fisherman and objector to the Corrib Gas project, is an outrage.
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Lies, damned lies and immigration statistics
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The real measure of a country’s immigration policy is the number of foreign nationals who acquire citizenship each year, writes Radoslaw Klosowski.
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Info sought on first cousin of Lord Haw Haw
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SIR - For a scholarly article I am writing, I should be very grateful to your readers for any information concerning Michael Joyce, formerly of Foxford.
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Wear jerseys in aid of GOAL
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SIR - GOAL Jersey Day, which takes place on Friday, October 9, gives sports fans the chance to wear the colours of their favourite team to school or work and help raise money for some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Processed meat should be an occasional food
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SIR - I am writing to tell people in the area about the science behind recent media coverage of the links between ham and cancer.
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In praise of India Gate
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SIR - Last month I was on holiday in Ballina with my wife and three daughters and on one night was fortunate enough to eat in the India Gate restaurant in Ballina.
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So why are we voting? Readers speak out for and against Lisbon
Thursday, September 17, 2009
SIR - Why are we asked to vote on the Lisbon Treaty again? No amount of tinkering, real or imagined, to the Treaty will ever alter its underlying objective.
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Swine flu and Holy Communion
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
SIR - I would love to know from where Fr Brendan Hoban gets his medical opinion and who has interpreted it for him (Just a Thought, July 28).
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Why is there no Famine monument in Ballina?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
SIR - The recent television programme featuring DJ Chris Moyles’ return to his roots in Ballina was a fascinating and depressing reminder of a dark period in Ireland’s history. Seeing how the Famine touched the very streets I grew up in was chilling in the extreme and deeply upsetting.
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Sligo TDs’ resignations are a sham
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
SIR - I have read with interest the comments regarding the merits or otherwise of the Sligo FF TDs Devins and Scanlon resignation.
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Hidden charges on holidays
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
SIR - Off we set to start our summer holiday in England looking forward to our break with the children in Butlins. We decided to take the car on the boat trip this year for many reasons - the main one being the cost of booking a flight with baggage charges, etc.
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