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SF shame over Nazi sympathies
It is welcome news that the Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill received universal support in the Dail (News, May 8). It's surprising given Sinn Fein's historic support for the Nazi regime and history of anti-semitism. Perhaps their leadership will apologise for this shameful chapter in their history.
Questions over Boston shootout
While extending sympathies to those killed, or wounded, in the Boston bombings, there are disturbing facts about the episode.
Bigots have left us stuck in a time-freeze
The issue has been around for many a year, but it has become most relevant in the past year or so.
Irish amnesty for 'traitors' is long overdue
Listening to the news headlines, I was overjoyed to hear that the government of the Republic is to grant an amnesty to those Irish citizens who were once considered traitors for enlisting in the British armed forces to fight against Hitler.
Mobile mums make me gaga
I witnessed this morning what has been an unusual sight for some years now: a young mother, wheeling her baby in a buggy and talking to the child.
Elderly trapped in a private hell
Consultation: every old person would prefer to be in their own home. Option: run down care homes then sell them to the private sector at a bargain price. Result: owners profit from elderly .
Unfair to let abuse scandal tarnish Church
It is quite acceptable for Cardinal Brady (at Knock) to make the case against the absurdities of a value-free society and suggest that we all should have the stamina to make our own moral decisions.
Take home bags too, dog walkers
I walked the River Lagan from Shaws Bridge to Gilchrist Bridge, not a long distance, and picked up a bin liner full of rubbish.
Ukip has come in and made quite a mark
At every election, most people wish to find those who will produce a stable, peaceful society.
Retired teachers continuing to sub is real scandal
The emphasis in your article relating to industrial tribunal proceedings brought by Linda Black (News, May 1) was misplaced.
Regulation of Marie Stopes?
When is the Assembly going to sort out regulation of the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast?
Not like Spanish to throw in towel
So it's to be an all-German Champions League final at Wembley.
Brady's homily on truth was utter hypocrisy
This is part of a homily from Cardinal Sean Brady on Saturday: "We pray for courage – the kind of courage that is needed to look the truth in the eye and to call it as it is, without yielding to self-deception or bowing to convenient compromise, scrupulously avoiding ambiguous language, which cloaks the true horror of the situation and reduces its seriousness."
It's welcome to McIlroy country
I have a solution for Rory McIlroy.
Let's just clear something up
Rosie Millard (Saturday Review, May 4) reports her interviewees, who can no longer afford cleaners, as complaining that "it seemed to be the middle class that are suffering most" in the recession, with one saying: "I didn't go to university for four years in order to do this [cleaning her house]".
Why is Suarez not up in court?
LUIS Suarez has decided to acquiesce in the matter of his 10-match ban. Opinions differ as to whether his treatment at the hands of the FA is fair and reasonable. The question is why the matter rests with the FA at all.
Hold the Vivaldi, I want answers
MARY Dejevsky (Comment, May 2) would do well to try to contact the Jobcentre, or tax credit offices. She would then realise that half-an-hour listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons is the norm, rather than the exception.
I paid for my pensioner perks
WHY shouldn't I take the 'pensioner perks' – regardless of my personal wealth?
UEFA's choice of venue for final
IN 2008, Manchester United and Chelsea travelled to Moscow to play the Champions League final. This year, two German teams will travel to London. Why can't UEFA wait until after the semi-finals to decide on a venue for the final?
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