Clash over household charge

Sir, – Martyn Turner has invented some great caricatures over the years

Sir, – Martyn Turner has invented some great caricatures over the years. Friday’s gang of four (“Household Charge”) is a hoot, but his Richard Boyd-Barrett is a classic. – Yours, etc,

EAMONN CONLON,

Dublin Road,

Shankill, Co Dublin.

Sir, – The ridiculous spectacle of highly paid TDs threatening that they will go to jail rather than pay the property tax, should surely reinforce the need to reform the law so that court fines are collected via the Revenue Commissioners and/ or the Department of Social Protection.

Sparing ordinary decent criminals from having to share their cells with this bunch would surely also be a humanitarian benefit. – Yours, etc,

DES KELLY,

Griffeen Glen Way,

Lucan,

Co Dublin.

Sir, – Two euros a week! Vast fines! Surely de minimis non curat lex? – Yours, etc,

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JAMES G LACY,

Fairbrook Lawn,

Rathfarnham,

Dublin 14.

Sir, – If one has two small houses, say 1,200sq ft each, one pays €400. If one has one house of 2,400sq ft, the same area, one pays €100. The new maths obviously! – Yours, etc,

FINTAN RYAN,

Bog Lane,

Borris,

Co Carlow.