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Asylum seekers are fleeing persecution
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
ASYLUM seekers are people who are fleeing persecution because of their race, their religion, their nationality, or because they hold a particular political opinion.
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We have arrived at a sorry place
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
SIR - Mayo Intercultural Action (MIA) would like to take this opportunity to respond to issues raised in recent reports that some politicians in Ballina and representatives of the Ballina Chamber of Commerce are opposed to a group of asylum seekers being housed in their town.
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Fire at Corrib gas terminal
Thursday, March 13, 2008
SIR - I read with interest your front page coverage of the “fire at Corrib Terminal” and also the editorial on the same incident (Western People, February 26th, 2008).
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Right-wing church does not exist in Ireland
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Dear Sir - John Cooney’s article about Christina Gallagher claims that she has received a “stern condemnation” ; I would claim that it’s nothing of the sort. Nowhere does the Archbishop exercise his right to state that the content of the messages and visions are wrong, false and not in accord with the Catholic faith.
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Lisbon Treaty debate
Thursday, March 13, 2008
SIR - Since Bertie Ahern’s infamous “lula” comment, several pro-Lisbon politicians have tried to justify it by claiming that Sinn Féin and other anti-Treaty campaigners have always called for a “No” vote and they were always wrong. Not true.
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Destruction of millennium trees
Thursday, March 13, 2008
SIR - “Our native woodlands are havens of peace and tranquillity, fertile sanctuaries for flora and wildlife and in a larger sense essential to our environment and economic well-being.
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What’s another year?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
THE wheel of history will come full circle on Saturday night next when legendary Eurovision singer, Johnny Logan, will be a member of the commentary panel as two Mayo men - Marc Roberts and Liam Geddes - vie for the right to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision.
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Cllr Holmes defends record on tourism
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SIR - Public safety is of paramount importance in every industry - including tourism.
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Lifestyle can reduce risk of getting cancer
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SIR - With new scientific studies being published all the time, it is easy to get confused about how our lifestyles can affect our risk of cancer.
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A befriending service for the elderly
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SIR - The piece in the Castlebar notes in the Western People recently on the mooting of a befriending service for older people who are alone and isolated is an excellent idea.
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To Sydney and back: pilgrimage of a different kind
Thursday, February 14, 2008
WHILE thousands of young people will once again this Summer be making their annual music pilgrimage to such venues as Slane, the RDS, Punchestown and perhaps even Glastonbury one group of committed young people will be making a pilgrimage of a different kind to a very different place.
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Love animals? Then don't eat them!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
SIR - We call ourselves a nation of animal lovers yet every year around 1000 million animals are bred and slaughtered to end up as food on our plates.
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Where are all the good guys gone?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
SIR - Homer Simpson once said, “Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, and you’d step over your own mother just to get one! But you can't stop at one. You wanna drink another woman!”
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Tourists, Mulranny and Cllr Holmes
Thursday, February 14, 2008
SIR - Mulranny owes its existence as a village to tourism, from the building of the Great Western Hotel in the 19th Century to the re-opening of the Radisson Park Inn a few years ago.
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Greens must pursue ban on hare-coursing
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
SIR - This week’s National Coursing Event is a testament to the survival, not just of deliberate state sponsored cruelty to animals in Ireland, but to the continued prevalence of the cute hoor “nod and wink” political culture.
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