Quit moaning and face facts: Trump won
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I WISH Irish losers wouldn’t keep moaning about Donald Trump becoming President.
Criticising Enda Kenny for congratulating him on his success is wrong. We need to keep up good relations with America.
Trump was voted in by the people and I’m sure he’ll do the job to the best of his ability. These begrudgers should be more concerned about living in a country where the government wasn’t voted in by the people.
So please, stop being sore losers because the US vote didn’t go the way you wanted it to. It’s none of your business anyway.
Concern yourselves with Irish politics and the next elections in Ireland. That is your business.
W.T. MURPHY, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Trouble ahead
I KEEP reading about the amount of security officers being shipped into Washington ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony.
I really don’t think the Islamic State terrorists have any plans to assassinate him. I reckon they may be working on the principle that if they leave him alive and in office, he will probably do more damage to the west than killing him would.
MARTIN STRINGER, Barnacogue, Co. Mayo.
Not the same for us all
AFTER reading Roslyn Dee’s glowing endorsement of the parenting skills of Michelle and Barack Obama (Daily Mail, January 12), I am confused regarding which planet she is living on.
In the piece, Roslyn states that whether you are the most powerful person in the world or an ordinary Joe Soap, there is no difference when it comes to parenting.
I could not disagree with her more. For less-well-off parents living in disadvantaged areas, the challenges of raising children can be mammoth. My own parents and many parents throughout this country performed and continue to perform miracles regarding feeding, clothing and educating their children while juggling the payment of bills.
Single parents, in particular, face constant uphill struggles.
The opportunities for further education and advancement can be extremely limited. The hiring of childminders, private tuition or a foreign holiday are often not options.
PAT SHANNON, Dublin 10.
Refugees in Ireland
I REFER to the article by Catherine Fegan on refugees coming to Ireland (Daily Mail, January 14). Christians are suffering most in the Middle East, yet our Government does not recognise this fact.
Refugees are being brought here from Syria. How many are Christian and how many are Muslim?
Saudi Arabia is fuelling the war in Syria with money and weapons. The Gulf States and Saudi Arabia, which are Muslim states, are extremely wealthy, and much closer to Syria.
One of the five pillars of Islam is the obligation to give alms to the needy. Who could be needier than refugees? People are entitled to ask why Syrian refugees do not go to other Muslim countries.
If refugees are to integrate successfully into the host society, it’s much easier if they have something in common with that society. For that reason, a preference should be given to welcoming in some of the many Christian refugees currently fleeing the Middle East. MARTIN KELLY, Crumlin, Dublin 12. …HAVING read the article by Catherine Fegan in Saturday’s Irish Daily Mail about the placement of refugees in Ballaghaderreen, I am convinced that we Irish must take care of our own before all else.
I am ashamed to be Irish right now as I witness successive governments failing to act correctly on the homelessness issue.
It is through the Apollo House action that I have become fully aware of the connection between homelessness and mental health.
The four-star accommodation of the refugees compared with the woeful conditions offered to our own homeless is scandalous.
T. SKELTON, Cavan.
Union bullying
THE National Bus & Railworkers’ Union general secretary, responding to management cost-saving measures at Bus Éireann, has warned that it will ‘not accept any imposition of cuts to our members’ pay’ (Mail, yesterday).
This position is ridiculous. We know that even with generous subsidies, Bus Éireann is not economically sustainable.
In the private sector, a firm in such a position will slash costs with redundancies, IN the show’s first week, Des Cahill was the most memorable contender on RTÉ’s Dancing With The Stars, but last weekend it was Hughie Maughan who stood out thanks to his bizarrely dark fake tan. What was he thinking? Every week we give you the chance to write a humorous caption to a photo from the week’s news, and the best entry wins a €30 Eason voucher. Send your entries by post to Caption Competition, Irish Daily Mail, Embassy House, Herbert Park Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, or email us at captions@ dailymail.ie. Entries should arrive by next Thursday, January 26. Last week we asked what Des Cahill was thinking as he executed this terrifying leap. The winning entry, printed left, came from Carmel Dudley from Dublin 7. pay cuts and all sorts of other drastic measures. And if it can’t balance the books, it will go bust. It’s disgraceful that semi-state unions simply assume the taxpayer can intervene to ensure that workers’ pay and conditions are not touched.
Management and the Government need to stand up to this union bullying and teach a few harsh realities.
AIDAN DOYLE, Dublin 18.