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Letters

Attwood ignores concerns of city traders

There is an obsessive and often misguided view among our politicians that any investment is good investment. Alex Attwood typifies this mantra.

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Inside Letters

A big thank you

Friday, 25 May 2012

Nspcc: Omagh (Mar 1/3) £2635.29.
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Putting record straight on court case costs

Friday, 25 May 2012

Your report headlined 'Councillors' bank details blunder cost almost £65k' (News, May 24) did not make clear that costs in the court case had been awarded against Heather Brown.
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Arms sales 'not for crowd control'

Friday, 25 May 2012

In response to comments made by Kate Allen, UK director of Amnesty International (Write Back, May 24), I'd like to point out that the new arms sales agreed between the US and Bahrain are for Bahrain's external defence capabilities. They would not include items that could be used for crowd-control.
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Leaders created a hell on earth

Friday, 25 May 2012

I HAVE to ask our political leaders: when will any of them own up that the European Union was not only ill-conceived, but managed with gross incompetence? It has created a hell for millions of law-abiding Europeans.
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Here's a lesson on history of the Troubles

Friday, 25 May 2012

Dale Moore (Write Back, May 22) highlights the flaws in the education of younger people about the Troubles when he makes the absurd criticism about unemployment in Derry being down to the SDLP.
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Church, like Jesus, should accept responsibility

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The scandal of the institutional cover-up of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church is a case of chickens coming home to roost.
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We salute work of carers in this Dementia Week

Thursday, 24 May 2012

This week (May 21-27) is Dementia Awareness Week and I would like your readers to spare a thought for people across Northern Ireland, who are struggling with the relentless, debilitating advance of Alzheimer's, or dementia, as well as those who care for them.
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Concern over US arms deals

Thursday, 24 May 2012

The United States' decision to resume arms shipments to Bahrain is concerning, given Bahraini security forces' ongoing violent crackdown on protesters.
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Don't let dogs die in hot cars

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Every year, as the weather gets warmer, we at Four Paws receive tragic reports of dogs that have died from heatstroke in cars.
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Safe haven for gay Christians

Thursday, 24 May 2012

With the many loud voices that would condemn, it can be difficult to be gay and Christian.
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Just pawns in an elaborate game of chess

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Most people in Northern Ireland never wanted fighting. Most were concerned about job security, having money to do the things they wanted to do, seeing a future for their children.
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Library needs support before it loses the plot

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Anyone who has visited Belfast Central Library in this year of 'Our City, Our Time' would not fail to be impressed by the restoration of the outside of this beautiful building, but would be dismayed at the changes within.
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Millions affected by Africa crises

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Two major crises in Africa are putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk. In Niger, six million people, more than half of whom are children, face starvation as a result of persistent drought.
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Actions speak louder than words, Nigel

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds is on record as saying: "The ongoing needs of victims injured during the Troubles was highlighted starkly only last week and this reinforces the benefits which compensation could bring to ease the suffering which many people are still bearing on a daily basis.
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