Straight to the POINT

0 Comments | Daily Mail (London, England), The, April 17, 2009

SO, one week after the big announcement of Ireland's austerity programme, it emerges that the Government plans to spend e200,000 on a new lawn for Leinster House. I wonder how much they have earmarked for the other kind of grass they're surely fond of.

W. MURRAY, Dublin.

KUDOS to Ferghal Blaney for rubbishing Tesco's competitive pricing claim, often plastered all over its shelves. With many products studied around 40pc cheaper in the discount stores, it's clear that every Lidl helps.

YVONNE O'DRISCOLL, Cork city..

PEOPLE here risk their lives by lying under tanning beds for hours and hours, while their Asian counterparts spend millions of skin-whitening creams and other kinds of potions. And let's not get started on Michael Jackson. Why can't people just be happy with the way God made them? MICHELLE BOYLE, Dublin.

SHAME on the National Museum staff who went on protest - of all times - over Easter Weekend. Their action is a grave insult to those who lost their lives for this country in 1916.

R. FERGUSON, Limerick..