Sir, – In anticipation of canvassers calling to my door soon, I have a small bundle of examination papers ready on my hall table. The heading on each paper reads: Oireachtas Entrance Examination December 2024.
Instructions for Candidates:
Pick at least two of the following topics and explain in less than one minute per topic.
1) Mica.
Finn McRedmond: Restoration of Notre Dame shows hard things can be achieved if we’re not afraid to be ambitious
‘I personally only come here for the ladies’: Fog hits racing but not youthful glamour at Leopardstown
Megan Nolan: A conversation with a man in his late 30s made clear the realities of this new era in my dating life
The remains of the day: give your Christmas leftovers a lift
2. Pyrite.
3) Bicycle shed equals the price of a house.
4) Unfinished most expensive children’s hospital in the world.
Unsatisfactory or waffley answers for either or both topic chosen will result in the candidate’s failure to get my vote. – Yours, etc,
NOEL SHANAGHY,
Faithlegg,
Co Waterford.
Sir, – Apart from various excitable media outlets, do I detect a serious case of apathy among the general public as to the date of the general election? – Yours, etc,
ITA McCORMACK,
Maynooth,
Co Kildare.