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Dear Editor,
On morning Ireland last week the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said that his Dept were working on overdrive to get REPS and AEOS payments out to farmers to alleviate serious cash flow on farms.
For the record, this is the current up-to-date information on payments as of the 1st May 2013.
So Jim Daly believes Sinn Féin’s economic policies are ‘based on pure fantasy’, and that the party is promoting ‘half-baked, back-of-the-envelope economic proposals’.
We have heard this rhetoric repeated so often by our media and politicians in relation to Sinn Féin’s economic proposals, it has almost become accepted truth – unless you look at the real facts of course. [Read more...]
Dear Sir
I am moved to write to you today on the 97th anniversary of the first reading of the proclamation of this state.
On this day, 24th of April 1916 Patrick Pearse read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic on the steps of the GPO in Dublin , this was the moment when the ideals this nation was founded on where first declared publicly following a long struggle by the Irish people.
THE Bank of Ireland AGM took place yesterday and the Government, who owns 15% of the bank on behalf of the Irish people, seems happy to let Chief Executive Richie Boucher break the €500,000 salary cap!
Michael Noonan had an opportunity to impose its own rules on banker’s pay but decided to abstain from the vote on Boucher’s salary which stands at over €800,000!
Dear Editor,
Over the last year the culmination of bad weather coupled with Cash flow has spelled the end for many small farmers with low income and bad land.
The weather is something no Government can do something about but Cash flow they can, if you don’t have money you cannot buy Fodder.
I see where RTE has issued a statement they are going to charge people from outside of Ireland for watching the Sunday Game and the like online even though it is days old when we get to see it.
I know RTE is short of cash as a lot of people in Ireland do not have TV anymore so do not pay a TV licence and now watch all programs online as they cannot afford the TV licence so that is where the biggest cash loss is for RTE.
We were disappointed to hear of yet again another poisoning of a White Tailed Sea Eagle, a bird that was reintroduced into Ireland between 2007 and 2011 having become extinct due to human persecution.
These majestic birds are the fourth biggest eagle in the world. They play an important part in our natural world being opportunistic scavengers (feeding on the remains of dead animals). They also predate on fish, small mammals and birds.
Dear Sir,
In my letter regarding the proposed Tesco store in Bantry I mentioned a sort of madness infecting society and now, as I sit listening to the gentle rhythm of a rock-breaker just yards from my house, I feel compelled to speculate further on this peculiar condition.
Fianna Fáil created the most corrupt and enduring system of crony clientele politics in Europe.
They recklessly bankrupted this country by creating a casino economy with the primary goal of enriching themselves and their friends in the golden circle.
WEST Cork's Graham Norton has bagged another Bafta scooping the 2013 award for best entertainment programme for The Graham Norton Show. The Bandon native was hosting the glittering awards … [More...]
THE people of Clonakilty, Rossmore and surrounding areas turned out in force on Sunday to welcome home the members of the Kilmeen Drama Group who scored an historic third victory in a row at the All … [More...]
by Sharon Murphy Caprese Salad, otherwise known as Tomato, Mozzarella and … [Read More...]
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THE Minister of State at the Department of Arts, … [Read More...]
BANTRY Blues are delighted to announce the dates for its annual Kellogg's Cul Camp. The camp will take place from Monday the 8th to Fri 12th July at Wolfe Tone Park, Bantry, Co Cork. This … [Read More...]
SKIBB U14s played Barryroe in the league at home last Thursday evening and gave another fine team performance with some very good passages of passing football. Playing into a gale in the … [Read More...]
TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has offically launched a new walking trail which has been described as Ireland's answer to the famed “Camino de Santiago” in Spain. The Beara Breifne Way is a … [Read More...]
WEST Cork's Gougane Barra, Beara Peninsula and Kinsale have all made it on to the longlist in The Irish Times competition The Best Place to Holiday in Ireland. They are among 25 holiday … [Read More...]
