My latest letter to the Irish Independent is in response to Leo Vardakar's comments about residents of rural Ireland.
Speaking on the Path to Power podcast, the former taoiseach said, 'We're (urban dwellers) the ones paying all the bills, and you're (rural dwellers) the ones in receipt of a lot of subsidies and a lot of tax benefits that other people don't get.'
His remarks came in the aftermath of almost a week of protests that saw farmers and hauliers block motorways and other essential infrastructure across Ireland in response to high fuel costs.
My letter can be found at https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/letters-leo-varadkar-should-realise-that-the-country-would-come-to-a-halt-if-rural-ireland-shut-down/a1831074434.html. A screenshot of it is also posted below.
For previous blog stories related to themes touched on in the letter, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html and https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/fending-off-irrelevance-in-artificial.html.
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| Rural Ireland is more necessary and relevant than Varadkar. |
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