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Sir In last week’s Sunday Independent, Colin Murphy wrote that “in the 1950s, Ireland had the highest proportion of psychiatric beds in the world” and also that an inquiry is warranted into former psychiatric institutions similar to other residential institutions that have been investigated in Ireland. I agree. ....
Apart from the dyed-in-the-wool fruitcakes still living in la-la land, most people with more than three working brain cells can now see the stupidity of Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nigel Farage and their fellow idealogues in Britain. ....
Sir Ireland’s vegetable growing area is down 10pc on last year. This follows a pattern of recent years where vegetable farmers, who supply the most wholesome fresh produce, are unable to compete with the low-cost selling of imported vegetables. ....
Cue the sad, predictable outrage at the very mention of it, but Sam McBride’s suggestion (Sunday Independent, May 14) that a United Ireland rejoin the British Commonwealth is something that should be given some serious consideration. ....