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... SPEAKING AS one whet works in the private sector, I find it hard to have any sympathy with the arguments this week of teachers and their unions against the publishing of league tables for schools. The reason is quite simple - it's because we in the private ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS Spreading the good news ONE OF THE FIRST major good news deliveries to the county from the new government - excluding the mg- made by our own cabinet mem- berg - came from the Marine Minister Hugh Coveney last week when he provided ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS Cllr. Deirdre Bolger (FG), member of Wexford Co. Council and Gorey Town Commissioners, is this week's guest columnist flik qc..l ...

... SPEAKING OF POLMCS Avril on her toes NEW JUNIOR MINISTER, Avril Doyle, has not been letting the grass grow under her feet since her appointment to the second rank of government. 'of course Mrs Doyle previously held Ministerial responsibility in the latter ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS WITH JUST two weeks to go before polling day, the campaigns are intensifying in all the electoral areas, even if the contenders for seats on the two Urban Councils, one Corporation and one Town Commission are having a fairly difficult ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS Fine Gael's team for Euro election AFTER ALL the contusion and 'in our rumours surrounding Fine Gael's outgoing MEP, Paddy Cooney, it appears that, after all, he will be joining Fianna Fail's Paddy ',atmr in retirement after the June ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS This week's guest writer is Cur. 4P h% Sean Doyle, Chairman of Enniscorthy Urban Council My favourite town, Enniscorthy, is in need of a facelift, applied with tender loving care and with due attention to prepare her for the 21st ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS Minister of State John Browne is this week's guest columnist Stop knocking Wexford I HAVE READ in the newspapers much comment about the high crime rate and major drug problems in Wexford. One could get the feeling that Co. Wexford ...

... PUBLIC SPEAKING We wish our public speakers every good wish in the All-Ireland Final of the public speaking which takes place in Trinity College on Saturday. The topic 'Education is not the filling of a bucket but rather the lighting of a flame' gives ...

... speak out on ■ Bishop Eamonn Walsh. greatly appreciated as people commented on the night and mingled freely and with new hope, giving no thought at all to the late hour. The report showed people were proud of the community spirit in their area, the centrality ...

... SPEAKING OF POLITICS Browne's regret AS OPINION POLLS indicate that the two Fianna Fail candidates in Leinster, Liam Hyland an Jim Fitzsi. mons. will easily take seats in this week's election. Enniscorthy TD. John Browne must be having some regrets about ...