Sir, - In the past week almost 1,000 manufacturing and IT jobs have been lost in the Irish economy. Over the past few days the Government's so-called "beef scrappage" scheme has shown itself to be unworkable.
A member of Dail Eireann, and a prominent member of Fianna Fail for almost 25 years, has been sent to jail for contempt of court in relation to the Flood Tribunal.
And we have an article in The Irish Times by An Taoiseach devoted entirely to the teachers' strike.
Is this for real? - Is mise,
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Padraig Mannion,Woodbrook Glen, Bray, Co Wicklow.