Duh! Of course we are
sceptical
"There seems to be a disconnect between the people and
the politicians ... a loss of trust".
Duh? After almost seven years of opinion polls saying...
'We'd prefer this M3 motorway not to go through this not
only extremely historic but also probably the most
emotionally important site for us, the politicians wonder
why we don't trust them?
The fact that once you read the planning permission and
see Conor Newman's opinion - by someone with 18 or more
years working in the Tara area - being overridden by
someone who's never even worked in that type of area, it
doesn't inspire the average person to believe that our
Government has actually read the documents (sounds
familiar!) to do with the M3 planning permission through
Tara, or care a hoot about what the Irish people think or
want.
So it's not a great leap from the Greens wanting their
ministerial cars to our TDs wanting cushy MEP jobs - and
who cares how it affects the ordinary Irish person.
We are right to be sceptical. The EU must clarify Lisbon
and not rely on trust.
Pauline Bleach,
Augustine Court,
Galway.
© The Irish Independent, 18th. June 2008.
