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Sir — On Saturday morning, February 14, 1981, I was 11 — in fact, my birthday was the day before. My mother was doing the laundry, using a twin-tub washing machine that was dragged into the middle of the kitchen.
Sometimes it takes the personal testimony of parents at their wits’ end to cut through official jargon and get to the heart of the ongoing crisis that remains the country’s health and social care service.
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.
Wayne O'Connor is a journalist for Mediahuis Ireland covering Independent.ie, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent since 2016. He was Ireland’s ‘News Reporter of the Year’ in 2020 for work covering health and politics. - Independent.ie
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