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Scoil Phadraig’s great record in fighting litter
02 February 2012
SIR –
In relation to the article "Ballina keeps on going ….and going on litter blitz" in the Western People edition of January 18 last, I would like to make the following observation.
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Households charged just to support a rotten borough
04 January 2012
SIR - I welcome the notion of paying for services according to use. However, I do have a problem with paying a household charge that has nothing to do with service delivery but that has everything to do with propping up a bloated local authority sector that seems to exist in its current form only to protect jobs within its own ranks.
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Sean Gallagher resigned from FF but then launched Calleary campaign
12 October 2011
SIR If presidential candidate Sean Gallagher resigned from Fianna Fáil, why did he launch Dara Calleary’s election campaign three weeks after he ‘resigned’?
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Sinn Féin members proud of work done for their local communities
12 October 2011
SIR – I would like to bring to your attention an article written in the last edition of your newspaper by Fr Hoban attacking Sinn Féin and Martin McGuinness.
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American citizenship row is just a botched hatchet job on Dana
12 October 2011
SIR – If Dana is doing as poorly as they say, then why the big fuss over her American citizenship?
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Clarkes dispute father’s collection left to Ballina
12 October 2011
SIR – We refer to the recent article in your newspaper regarding Culture Night heralds a new Clarke Collection.
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Towards a New Republic conference in Galway
06 October 2011
SIR- I would like to highlight for your readers a major conference that will take place in Galway on Friday evening 7th October entitled Towards a New Republic - I dTreo Poblacht Nua.
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Time to get your knitting kit out again
06 October 2011
SIR -Last year the nation got knitting for the innocent Big Knit campaign. Your readers played a major role in helping to knit a whopping 80,000 little hats which, in turn, raised €20,000 for Age Action, the national charity for older people.
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Total safety of dairy products is assured
29 September 2011
SIR – I refer to an article in the Western People of September 13 last relating to the pasteurisation of milk and alleged health implications associated with milk consumption.
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Historic core of famous house is threatened
29 September 2011
SIR I am writing to you to express my concerns in relation to the proposed zoning of Westport House Demesne, which will permit tourism accommodation as well as a hotel or conference centre to be built adjacent to Westport House.
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Local angler wants to continue Moy tradition
29 September 2011
SIR As a lifelong, local angler with firsthand experience I feel it is necessary to offer an honest appraisal of the situation regarding the fishing on the local beat in foxford.
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Let’s work together to make the best of Foxford’s resource
14 September 2011
SIR - I write in response to Tiernan Shields recent letter published in your columns.
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Greenway, not a railway, will bring in the tourists
14 September 2011
SIR - Your editorial on August 9 last headlining the success of the Great Western Greenway (GWG) was optimistic and good.
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Dublin lass looking for All Ireland ticket
14 September 2011
SIR-As an avid follower of the Dublin senior football team, supporting them through good times and bad, I now face the prospect of missing out on the final due to how the ticket allocation is handled for the final (local club receiving 75 per cent less than normal).
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Western brings nurses together
14 September 2011
SIR - Thank you for enabling me to get in touch with student nurse friends from the 1960s. We were training together at Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham, although Nancy Hanlon and Francis Burke were a few sets senior to us - Ann Kelly, Mary Dolan, Maureen Cooney and myself Susan Cassidy.
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