Letters

Dear Editor, I was appalled to read the article in the Irish Independent last Saturday, which reported that the IFPA and various other counselling agencies are giving out abortion advice that could have put women’s lives at risk.
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Dear Editor, The proposed drastic cuts identified by the Government in the last few months raises deep and utter concern and anger among many people in our society. If these cuts are implemented, they will have a devastating effect on the disadvantaged groups in our community, such as travellers, people with disabilities, the elderly, homeless people and other ethnic minority groups.
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Dear Editor, I am writing to inform people of the incarceration of the chairperson of the Release Martin Corey campaign, Cáit Trainor. Cáit has been incarcerated for organising and taking part in a march in Lurgan to highlight the continued internment without trial of Martin Corey.
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Dear Editor,   The final outcome for Galway asylum seekers in Lisbrook House is that Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter, has agreed that, due to cut backs and less people seeking asylum, the closure will continue and be completed by mid to end November.
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Dear Editor, I write regarding your article ‘Inside/Out’, which appeared in the Galway Independent on Wednesday 17 October.   Reading about the sad life of the rural public publican, I started to wonder about certain experiences I've had.
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Dear Editor,   I have lived in Galway for over one year now and, having lived in a number of diverse places on this planet, I can say that Galway ranks very close to the top of my list.   Beautiful scenery and life loving people; great craic and fine musicians; the spirit within, that of the storyteller or the history maker; smiles and a real welcome.
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Dear Editor, We are all suffering from the effects of the ‘housing bubble’ but there is a ‘dependency bubble’ looming, which if we ignore will be more divesting than anything we have ever experienced yet.
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Dear Editor, I want to bring to attention one word in a letter to the editor (17/09/12) that struck me.  It wasn’t the topic or a particular statement made rather just one nine-letter word.
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A chara, Is it not highly significant that in all of the media comments on the registration of septic tanks very few commentators explained why a huge number of people refused to register?   The reason is simple: they regard it as a question of fairness, i.
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Madam, It is quite ironic that, as we approach a referendum on children’s rights, Ms Sarah Mc Carthy (Letter to the Editor 26-09-12) is promoting abortion.   It is nothing short of appalling that, as we launch into a debate on how best to protect our children from child abuse and similar dangers, abortion is discussed as though it is harmless and indeed something which should be promoted.
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A chara, The misinformation in Sarah McCarthy’s letter (26-09-12) is typical of abortion campaigners. To set the facts straight, the written caption to the current pro-life billboards ‘Abortion tears her life apart’ was inspired by the words of a woman who had an abortion and was describing the impact it had on her.
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Dear Editor, My heartfelt congratulations to Galway City's councillors for taking a unanimous stand in favour of the use of Comerford House as a cultural resource. In our presentation to City Hall a few years ago, the Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude - cited Comerford House as a premises in which we might develop, under our aegis:   ►A modest library and museum commemorating Galway's literary heritage in Irish and English;   ►A reception area and small office; ►A reading and lecture space.
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Dear Editor,   The recent cut of €12.5 million to the HSE budget for home care services has not been reversed.   Nonetheless, the Minister for Health has re-assured existing recipients of home care services that they will not lose service.
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Dear Editor, The reason why I am writing this letter is because I asked questions from the Minister of Health concerning the relationship between the length of time on a trolley and the connection with dehydration and infection, before a patient gets a bed.
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