SubscribeSubscriber OnlyLettersHigh time politicians joined those lengthy queues The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor. Tue Jun 16 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READSir, – With all the discussions about public versus private healthcare, I presume, going forward, that all politicians, TDs, etc, will now avail of the public system and be put on waiting lists for treatment like the rest of us. – Yours, etc,Ann Fitzpatrick,Kill,Co Kildare.IN THIS SECTIONPressure point in maternity care?World Cup ticket prices have come a long way from what I paid in 1966 Lands in Lucan: To build, or notPrivate and public healthcareHealthcare: That ever-extending waitMOST READMan dies after being struck by Luas tram in Dublin city centreCiara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’Ciara Mageean in her own words: ‘I was told she didn’t want to coach me any more’Salesforce to buy Irish-founded tech firm Fin for $3.6bn Enoch Burke claims Teaching Council inquiry biased as he seeks High Court injunctionLATEST STORIESTracking down a romance scammer in NigeriaGardaí investigating after woman (80s) found dead in Co WaterfordWe’re a nation of savers that are actually quite bad at saving Fostering 30 children: ‘You don’t just change their lives, they change yours as well’Providers of unauthorised short-term lettings to have chance to regularise use of properties