BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

05/09/2008

Belarus . . . Date rape . . . Chosen one . . . Cheap shots

By Rahoon, Galway

- The decision by the Belarusian government to declare a worldwide ban on the sick children of Chernobyl travelling abroad (Irish Independent, September 4) can only be described accurately as "grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented".

CLLR KEITH MARTIN

WESTPORT TOWN COUNCIL

- I am in total agreement with Martina Devlin's views on date rape (Irish Independent, September 4).

We, as woman, really do need to be more careful where our alcohol intake is concerned. Not all men should be tarred with the same brush, but there are creeps out there who will take advantage of women who have had "one too many" and the word NO is alien to them anyway.

Self-respect is the key.

CLARE FUNSTON

BALLYMORE EUSTACE, CO KILDARE

- A man, who was about to become the leader of his country, was wondering who would be an appropriate second-in-command. He decided that the person should be a woman who was known, but not too well known; young, with a family; and good looking. She should be from a remote part of the country, say the north-west.

That is why Brian Cowen chose Mary Coughlan.

JOE CURRAN

CELBRIDGE , CO KILDARE

- I'm sick and tired of Turlough O'Sullivan of IBEC talking about, on the one hand public servants and, on the other hand, PAYE workers. I am a public servant and a PAYE worker. I am not a director of a SME who deducts "paye" from my employees and waits for a final demand from Revenue to pay it over. I do not drive a BMW or a Mercedes that I can write off against my failure to make a profit. I work in an area that DOES provide a public service. So, Mr O'Sullivan, get back into partnership and help sort out a serious problem in our economy. And stop taking cheap shots.

SEAN O'DOWD

RAHOON, GALWAY

- Rahoon, Galway

Source:

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/belarus----date-rape----chosen-one----cheap-shots-1469748.html

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