Category Archives: Letter to the Editor

Balance in the budget – Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times

Balance in the budget Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times – 28 October 2011 Sir, – With the presidential election debate all but concluded, we can now get back to the pressing matter of the upcoming budget. It … Continue reading

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Irish Times – Letter to the editor: Was it for this? The state of the nation

Was it for this? The state of the nation The Irish Times – Letter to the Editor – 19 November 2010 Madam, – The Irish Times must end its traditional bias in favour of the Green Party. How can you reconcile … Continue reading

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Minister Gormley Must Bring Forward the National Monuments Bill, Before An Bord Pleanála Decides on the N2 Slane Bypass

[Unpublished letter sent to The Irish Times, October 11, 2010] Maol Sheachlainn Ó Caollaí rightly points out that “the current National Monuments Acts do not provide any protection for historic battlefields”, and urges to Minister to include such protections “in … Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle | Letter to the editor: The facts on the Slane bypass

Minister Dempsey and the Fianna Fail led BSC campaign would rather endanger lives in Slane on a daily basis than force the HGVs to use the road that was built for them, in order to unfairly pressurise An Bord Pleanala into approving a non-viable bypass, based on artificially inflated traffic volume. Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle | Information on Slane Bypass now on display

This is a victory for the public who were not given the full information in relation to this grandiose proposal, and yet who are expected to foot the bill. Continue reading

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‘Force council to implement HGV ban’ – Meath Chronicle. Letter to the Editor by Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange

Force council to implement HGV ban Meath Chronicle – Letters | Wednesday, 8th September, 2010 Dear sir – Slane needs a dual-carriageway bypass (built to motorway standard) like Minister Dempsey needed the (larger) Government jet to go to summer school … Continue reading

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The Irish Times – Letter to the Editor: Renewing the Republic

Renewing the Republic The Irish Times – Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Madam, – Kevin Sheehan is wrong to advocate that “The best antidote to this national malaise must be to hold a general election” (April 27th). It is time to … Continue reading

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