Sir, – There is a one-word answer to C Murphy’s advice (April 19th) that the answer to “public service pay, waste and over-staffing” lies in threefold privatisation. Eircom! – Yours, etc,
DESMOND O’TOOLE
Ash Park Avenue,
Lucan, Co Dublin.
Sir, – C Murphy believes the solution to the Government’s problems with the public sector would be solved by the words “privatise, privatise privatise”. I assume he is not referring to such shining private sector successes as the banking, property or insurance industries, all of which sectors have been repeatedly bailed out by the public taxpayer. – Yours, etc,
Dr MAIT O FAOLAIN,
Beechwood Court,
Stillorgan,
Co Dublin.
Sir, – When it comes to Croke Park, the replay is never as good as the first match. – Yours, etc,
CONOR O’MAHONY,
Sandymount Avenue,
Dublin 4.
Sir, – C Murphy (April 19th) recommends that the Government’s response to the voting down of Croke Part II should be to privatise vital services. Clearly he is very selective when reading the news as he obviously missed reports that this formula in the supply of vital utilities has seen 1,800 households having their electricity and gas cut off every month and this during a period in which Bord Gais made €120 million in profits. This is precisely what happens when profit-making is introduced into the provision of such services – a small group profit at the expense of another’s deprivation. There is indeed only one word for that: vulgar, vulgar and vulgar. – Yours, etc,
JIM O’SULLIVAN,
Rathedmond, Sligo.