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One of my kids showed me a cartoon the other day that cracked me up. The picture is of two sheep looking nervous is the foreground with a farmer and sheepdog visible behind them.

One of my kids showed me a cartoon the other day that cracked me up. The picture is of two sheep looking nervous is the foreground with a farmer and sheepdog visible behind them.

Private health insurers are charging men for maternity benefit even though they know that men will never avail of the benefits. The policy is unfair according to Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony who has asked the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly to request the Competition Authority to look into the matter.

There is nothing like rising prices to convince people that they are being ripped off. I found this out again this week on the thorny subject of rising fuel prices.

There is nothing like rising prices to convince people that they are being ripped off. I found this out again this week on the thorny subject of rising fuel prices.

There is nothing like rising prices to convince people that they are being ripped off. I found this out again this week on the thorny subject of rising fuel prices.

Mayo TD Dara Calleary has called on the Government to introduce fair trade legislation without delay to ensure that farmers and food producers get a fair price for their produce.

Mayo TD Dara Calleary has called on the Government to introduce fair trade legislation without delay to ensure that farmers and food producers get a fair price for their produce.

This week the IFA staged a protest outside Minister Richard Bruton’s office in Dublin to highlight “the failed regulation and flawed legislation” that farmers say has allowed powerful multiples to dominate the food supply chain and “fleece farmers” to bolster their profits.

In the different Ireland in which we all grew up, several pillars of the community were held in the greatest of esteem. We scampered when the garda approached, doffed our caps when we dared to address the parish priest, and adopted the grateful approach when meeting the local bank manager or insurance salesman.