GalwayIndependent.com Letters Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:52:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.galwayindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.galwayindependent.com GalwayIndependent.com Letters Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8247&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Wednesday 9 July, I would also like to apologise to a cyclist that I had an unpleasant encounter with. Please accept this as my humble apology. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:40:32 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8246&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I am Eastern European and have been living with my partner and two children in this country for a number of years. Since I came to Ireland I have been very pleased and satisfied with the social welfare system and, in particular, the good children's allowance. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:39:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8245&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, With regards to the outer city bypass for Galway, let's all hope that An Bord Pleanala gives the go ahead for its construction in one form or another as soon as possible. A decision not to go ahead will have detrimental affects on Galway and its residents. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:33:25 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8013&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Reading Lisa Regan's article in last Wednesday's Galway Independent regarding the traffic calming measures in Renmore, I couldn't agree more that there is a large volume of traffic exiting from Renmore Road onto the Dublin Road. However, there is also a very large volume of traffic approaching this junction, inbound, on the Dublin Road. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8014&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Extending a helping hand to others was almost part of Irish culture when I was a child. I clearly remember my mother and our neighbours helping each other. A friendly ear was always available as was the advice of a friend. You might have been in the middle of a chicken pox outbreak or in need of a cup of tea and a chat, the doors were open and you were welcome. There was great solidarity among the women on our street. How we have changed! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8015&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I see that a decision is due from An Bord Pleanala at the end of August concerning the proposed Outer City Bypass for Galway. My sincere hope is that it doesn't get the go ahead. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8016&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I was shocked to find a call for war against Iran in the 6 August (Hiroshima Day) letters column. That letter certainly showed the dangers of the media parroting misinformation and misleading information put out by parties with an agenda to pursue. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7968&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I wish, on behalf of Camp Claddagh, to express sincere thanks to the people of Galway who so kindly supported us, in our recent successful Summer Rest Recuperation Programme which brought 46 children from Belarus to Galway, for a month long holiday. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:45:16 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7967&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Surprise, surprise! The famous John Fitzgerald has managed to get a letter printed in the Galway Independent. It amazes me how the anti-bloodsport band-wagon is entertained at every opportunity by some papers. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:44:28 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7966&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I wish to comment regarding the proposed construction of a new floating swimming pool at the Long Point Loughrea Lake by Senator Ciarán Cannon and Councillor Michael Maher. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:42:44 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7788&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, The directors of Paddy Power Plc should collectively hang their heads in shame for allowing the company to profit from bullfighting barbarity. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7789&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I write in relation to comments made by RTE racing pundit Ted Walsh on national airwaves recently in which he moaned about the cost of accommodation in Galway hostelries during race week. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7790&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Ireland's equestrian prowess has been showcased magnificently at the RDS, with some of the best riders and horses in the country having performed for the crowds. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7791&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Could I please ask your readers to consider contributing to a very special book. Bruce Springsteen gigs in Ireland sell out faster than any other. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7635&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a news feature on the RTE News on Monday 16th June in relation to anti-social behaviour. I am writing to express my disappointment in the medias continuous portrayal of young people in such negative manner. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7636&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, There has been much frenzied commentary and analysis in the international media, especially business and economics publications, about the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7569&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, While I agree with Mr Thomas' call for a boycott of the Chinese Olympics and diplomatic sanctions against China for its support of genocide in Sudan and oppression in Tibet and within China itself, it is very unlikely that developed nations will do this. Mr Thomas' stand is just and principled and is supported by the tenets and ideals of democracy, the laws and constitutions of many countries, the doctrines of all the major world religions, and by reason, logic and rationality. So why are countries supporting China when it stands against everything that they stand for? That is the big question. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:04:12 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7568&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Let me preface this by saying I hate hospitals! But this summer due to differing circumstances I have had to bring friends and family on numerous occasions and, yes, I dreaded each visit. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:03:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7426&Itemid=86 Dear Editor I am writing to you once again in reply to the article in your letters to the editor page on Wednesday 16 July. The article I refer to is indeed the letter from the Barna/Na Forbhacha Community Games Committee, titled 'Politics have no part in Games'. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:53 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7425&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, While I agree with Mr Thomas' call for a boycott of the Chinese Olympics and diplomatic sanctions against China for its support of genocide in Sudan and oppression in Tibet and within China itself, it is very unlikely that developed nations will do this. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:59:38 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7288&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, In reply to the letter dated 9 July, 'Winning at all costs' we would like to bring to your attention some of the inaccuracies reported in Vincent Conway's letter. Community Games PRO, Mr Conway went to some lengths to try to justify their handling of the ongoing controversy in the U-10 football. However, a number of points need clarification. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:55:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7287&Itemid=86 Dear Editor I am calling on Ireland Inc, to boycott the Beijing Olympics, on foot of the news that China is Sudan's Patron. As we all know, upwards of 500,000 people have been murdered by the Janjuweed militia who are under orders from the President of Sudan, Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, who is now wanted by the International Criminal Court, which is investigating this genocide. China has supplied all weapons to Sudan and, as such, China is arming and defending the killers in exchange for oil, which it buys very cheaply from Sudan. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:53:02 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7128&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I would like to apologise to the driver with whom I had an unpleasant interaction last week. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:01:15 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7127&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, The class of 1978 from the Presentation Convent Secondary School are planning their reunion for this 10 October in the Westwood Hotel in Dangan. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:00:12 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7126&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I write to you on an article that appeared in your paper last week relating to community games. The article in question was titled 'Winning at all costs', if I can remember right, and was by John Fallon. This article referred to the Community Games County semi final between Barna/Na Forbhacha and Tuam. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:58:54 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7010&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I was part of a group of 25 from NUIG that has just returned from Zambia on behalf of Habitat for Humanity (HFH). Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:13:18 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7009&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, In a recent edition of the Keith Finnegan radio programme, I had the honour of being on air with former crew members of the much lamented M.V. Naomh Eanna, who spoke about her life and times on The Galway–Aran service from 1958 to 1988. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:12:19 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7008&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, May I take this opportunity, through the medium of your valued letters page, to congratulate the incoming Mayor of Galway, Cllr Padraig Conneely on his election, and to extend our best wishes for the stressful mayoral year ahead of him. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:11:33 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6873&Itemid=86 Dear editor, Last Thursday the Irish people decided to reject the proposed Lisbon Treaty on the basis that it did not serve the best interests of the peoples of Europe. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:20:36 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6872&Itemid=86 Dear Editor The Treaty of Lisbon is dead. It has been thoroughly debated, put to the test and was found wanting. It now respectfully needs to be laid to rest and buried. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:18:38 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6871&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Geraldine Mc Dermott (Letters Wednesday18 June) is correct, the Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW) did not issue a statement describing Deputy Higgins as 'dishonest' in relation to his stand on the Lisbon Treaty. Rather, the comment arose in an exchange of emails on a whole range of issues between your able reporter Deirdre O'Shaughnessy and myself. I foolishly assumed it was all off-the-record. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:17:40 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6736&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, It was with great sadness I read the intemperate attack by Niall Farrell of Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW) upon Michael D Higgins. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:21:14 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6735&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I would like to agree with David Biggins' letter (Wednesday 14 May) re motorists' disregard for red lights in Galway. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:20:15 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6734&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, It is shocking that the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights' recently called on the Irish government to introduce abortion legislation. This is a callous betrayal of the human rights of the most vulnerable section of European society, the unborn child. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:19:29 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6733&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, As Galway City slows to a halt in the mornings and evenings, may I suggest that we cannot make the optimum use of the many roundabouts unless drivers indicate for their exits. I estimate that at least half of the drivers do not indicate, thus making the smooth movement of traffic both slow and dangerous. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:18:18 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6732&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I would like to correct a number of serious inaccuracies in the letter from Mr Darach O'Flaherty of Caslteprint, published in last week's Galway Independent. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:17:17 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6592&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter submitted by Mags of Oranmore and the other responses. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:28:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6591&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I read with deep disappointment a headline in the Galway Independent quoting Niall Farrell of Galway Alliance Against War accusing me of dishonesty following my involvement in the campaign to outlaw cluster munitions and achieve an international ban. The suggestion was that I, in advocating a yes vote in Thursday's referendum, was being dishonest. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:26:29 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6439&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Do Galway drivers feel entitled to speed? There's a culture of speed around Galway. People rush in their cars. Whiz towards and past roundabouts; drive aggressively – why is this? Is it that the car is an extension of their ego? People put the foot down and drive harder/faster. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:54:47 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6438&Itemid=86 Dear Editor The Progressive Democrats has always applauded people who work hard and achieve success. In many ways our central purpose has been about trying to create an environment where our people can reach their potential. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:54:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6437&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, While campaigners in the Lisbon Treaty compete with each other for every available lamppost in the State, there is little doubt that the prize for the most inappropriate poster slogan, must go to Fine Gael for its line 'Keep us at the heart of it'. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:24 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6436&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, It is with utter amazement to the hypocrisy of the comments made by Deputy Michael D Higgins in your newspaper dated Wednesday 21 May and in other local publications, in regard to the decision made by the Connacht Tribune Group to outsource its printing requirements, that I write this letter. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:52:44 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6285&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, At a time when our local club is fielding a lot of flak for both its on and off the field performance, I would like to acknowledge Galway United's contribution to ensuring an unforgettable eleventh birthday for my son. Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6284&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter submitted by Mags of Oranmore as published on 14 May. In this letter Mags denounced the behaviour of some other road users toward her as she travelled in the right-hand lane of a dual carriageway on the outskirts of the city. Wed, 28 May 2008 11:19:14 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6283&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, So Mags from Oranmore pays motor tax and insurance and has as much right to drive on the road as these 'uncivilised people who attempt to throw their weight around'. Wed, 28 May 2008 11:17:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6102&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Mags in Oranmore, who considers herself to be a law abiding driver, may I point out that the right hand lane on a dual carriageway is NOT a lane for turning right at the next roundabout (nor is it a 'fast lane'), but is an OVERTAKING lane, to be used only in that instance! Wed, 21 May 2008 11:13:54 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6101&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I wonder would you allow me to reply to the letter in today's edition (Wednesday 14 May) from Mags from Oranmore re 'rude and boorish drivers'. Wed, 21 May 2008 11:13:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6100&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, It is with great hope that I welcome the Catholic church's statement on their future role in Education (see Vision 'O8). Wed, 21 May 2008 11:12:04 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5958&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I would like to draw motorists and also pedestrians' attention to the traffic and pedestrians lights at the junction of the old Seamus Quirke Road and the Seamus Quirke link Road. Wed, 14 May 2008 11:06:39 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5957&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, As a regular driver on the dual carriageway between Oranmore and Galway, I am astonished at some of the rude and boorish drivers I come across. Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:09 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5956&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I am a European citizen from France, living in Galway for over two years. Obviously, as a foreigner, I will not be given a chance to vote on the referendum. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:52:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5827&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, While I have respect for Mr O' Neachtain and his good work in Europe, I feel that he is wrong on the Lisbon issue. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:59:12 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5826&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I heard Bertie Ahern mention on the radio last weekend that 'Farmers have the most to gain' from this Lisbon Treaty he is trying to sell and that we should get out and vote for it. Well he must think that we all just came down in the last shower. He is only trying to get this Treaty through to add onto his CV as his political career in Ireland has come to a sudden and disgraceful end and he will no doubt be looking for options on the European stage if he bags a 'yes' vote from the Irish. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:58:05 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5825&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, A recent article stated erroneously that the amicable society did not seek a FE but rather a fixed Spring State holiday without consulting the churches. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:56:52 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5692&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, There is more information available about this EU Lisbon Reform Treaty Campaign than during any other previous treaty referendum to date. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:23:33 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5691&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, A good friend of mine has told me this true story that should be entitled 'Rip-Off Tourist Galway'. His daughter and husband booked a room in a Galway city hotel on the Monday before Easter, for Easter Saturday and Sunday night. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:21:23 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5690&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, There has been such fuss made recently over the fact that the developer (sic) of Taaffe's shop has been refused permission because of an 'amazing' fear over the proximity of the oil tanks at Galway docks. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:20:36 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5556&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I wonder if any of your readers can help me find the last resting place of my mother, Sarah Anne Behan. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5555&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, As driving in County Galway gets more dangerous on account of increased traffic on the same dangerous, narrow roads. Several factors increase the dangers for motorists and pedestrians. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:51:02 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5554&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I must say that as a supporter of Fianna Fáil, I am sorely disappointed with its handling of the Lisbon Treaty issue. I have the following specific concerns about the Lisbon Treaty: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:50:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5408&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Not a week goes by but there is an item in a local paper to make College Road and Monivea Road a one-way bus lane. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:28:03 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5407&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, What brave hunters both letter writers from last week's Galway Independent are! They feel so strongly about the subject that they decide not to have their names published! It speaks volumes. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:26:54 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5406&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, As a final right to reply to the pro-hunters who wrote to this paper, I have only this to say. I had the backbone to put my name and address on my anti-hunting letter. I wonder why the pro-hunters did not do likewise? Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:26:08 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5405&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, There is an extraordinary level of interest in Europe about the EU referendum in Ireland. Every day in Brussels in the European Parliament or when I attend meetings in the European Commission or in the European Council, the first question people ask is how is the EU referendum going in Ireland. That is because it has taken EU Governments more or less seven years to get to this stage whereby the European Union can reform how it carries out its affairs. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:25:26 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5404&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, There has been almost universal condemnation of the Board of Galway United Football Club for making a good man walk the plank in their recent dismissal of Tony Cousins from the position of manager. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:24:27 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5239&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I am part of a group of 25 from NUIG going to Zambia on behalf of Habitat for Humanity (HFH) from 30 May until 17 June. The group is made up of 21 students and four team leaders. We will be building houses for selected families in need in Kawama, Zambia. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:53:30 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5238&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, It scares me at how relaxed our council are when it comes to the growth of our city. We have an old transport system that is by now so redundant. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:51:33 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5237&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, We the undersigned wish to state our abhorrence of the recent sending in the mail of information or imputation designed to denigrate or attack any persons connected with The Western Writers' Centre, Galway, or the work of the centre itself. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:50:43 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5236&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, The producers of Channel Five's hit TV series 'Build A New Life' are looking for people all over Ireland to take part in the fourth series of the programme. If you've found your dream home in the Irish countryside and you're on the brink of a big redevelopment adventure, we want to hear from you! Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:49:54 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5091&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Attending the recent Galway v Limerick game in the Gaelic grounds in Limerick, I was appalled to see GAA pitch officials asking young children to get off the pitch at half time. These young eager children simply wanted to go out onto a top class pitch at half time to puck around. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:00:14 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5090&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the two letters published in your paper of Wednesday 17 March last, which followed the debate in NUI, Galway 'That this house would ban hunting'. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:59:35 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5089&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Again, it was with great disappointment that your paper chose to include two letters hammering the anti-blood sports doctrine down all our throats, without publishing any alternative opinion. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:58:34 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4907&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I feel compelled to respond to the letters on Wednesday 12 March by Muriel Hayden and A. Herbert in relation to the hunting debate held in NUI, Galway on Wednesday 5 March. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4908&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Galway's St Patrick's Day Parade was very colourful and fair play to all those who took part. But I wondered where were the representatives from Galway's Irish Dancing Schools or Conragh na Gaeilge and other Irish cultural movements. Have we gone so PC with multi-culturalism that we are afraid to portray all that is best in Irish culture? Are we failing to fund Irish music and dance as we have in the past? The lack of funding for the Feis Ceol and Ceoltas Ceoltoiri Eireann is shameful. May we all hang our heads in shame over this. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4909&Itemid=86 There’s a very simple answer To the traffic that’s in a mess, That seems to be forgotten By Councillors…. more or less. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4886&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, When the European Union was founded 50 years ago, a common trading market was put in place. Under the Single European Act 1987, the go-ahead for the internal market, where there would be a system of free movement of goods, services, people and capital in Europe, was initiated. The central element of the Maastricht treaty was the birth of the single European currency, which has brought so many benefits to businesses and to citizens alike. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:56:59 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4885&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, The current situation in Gaza has been brought about by Hamas and its terrorist activities. Since Israel left Gaza in 2005, instead of building on Israelis move to peace, Hamas has fired over 7,000 rockets into Israel, killing and injuring innocent people whose only crime is being Jewish and wanting to live in Israel. Israel only makes up three per cent of the land in the Middle East. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:56:06 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4884&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Is it time that the housing needs in Ireland were looked after by a special department? It does seem that it would be the clever thing to do. At the moment there are thousands of houses lying empty while 70,000 people nationwide are on the housing waiting list. With a bit of constructive thinking, people could have secure housing within a much shorter time. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:55:03 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4754&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, Councillor Brian Walsh is to be congratulated for his enterprise in suggesting that Galway's problem with road access into the docks area could be resolved, simply by taking up the option of routing traffic through a new road corridor previously reserved alongside the Galway-Dublin rail track in the 2005-2011 City Development Plan. This route was highlighted as a possible means of relieving traffic congestion on the Lough Atalia Road. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:03:38 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4753&Itemid=86 Dear Editor, I attended a debate 'That this house would ban hunting' on Wednesday 5 March in NUI, Galway. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:01:20 +0100