Rural roads and speed limits
The speed limit is a maximum allowed speed, not a target, as so many drivers appear to think
Letters
Letters to the Editor, February 14th: On the Arts Council and squandering public money, and professional advice
Those who will feel the most severe impact of this failure are the artists across Ireland
Hearts and flowers and romantic gestures
Valentine’s Day sometimes seems more like a punitive tax than a tribute to love
Letters to the Editor, February 13th: On parents, work and home, and the housing crisis
Just as we should support women who decide to stay at home when they have children, we should support fathers who decide the same thing
Government set for yet another housing ‘pivot’
We might want to consider the possibility that increasing the demand for housing as an investment is the actual source of the problem
Letters to the Editor, February 12th: On electric vehicles and rural areas, and tariffs and trade
Affluent areas are overrepresented in the distribution of EV grants
Hurling – it’s time for the hooter
Getting too precious about hurling will not serve its future well
Letters to the Editor, February 11th: On dereliction in Dublin, and ‘ghost buses’ and commuters
The capital needs a directly elected mayor
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Letters to the Editor, February 10th: On smartphones and schoolchildren, and the blue zone centenarian myth
There is overwhelming evidence on the harms caused by excessive smartphone/social media use, specifically by adolescents
Letters to the Editor, February 8th: On the Occupied Territories Bill, and militarism and neutrality
Obligations under international law
Letters to the Editor, February 7th: On Trump’s plan for the Gaza Strip, and the Occupied Territories Bill
The mass population transfer would be illegal under international humanitarian law
Letters to the Editor, February 6th: on revisiting neutrality, and Trump’s plan for Gaza
We have freeloaded in terms of defence for decades
Letters to the Editor, February 5th: On the Occupied Territories Bill, and Dáil rules and political norms
The dropping or watering down of the Occupied Territories Bill would be a betrayal of the pledge made to the electorate
Letters to the Editor, January 4th: On the age of quantum politics, and undersea cables and neutrality
How power really works in Ireland
Letters to the Editor, February 3rd: On lessons from Storm Éowyn, and disabled people and Government
Is it not time to develop emergency volunteer response teams?
Letters to the Editor, February 1st: On ministerial appointments, and public servants and remote work
Who decides the necessity, combination or compatibility of ministerial policy areas to the exclusion of others?
Letters to the Editor, January 31st: On neutrality and a changing world, and President Higgins
We should be the architects of our own destiny in an increasingly volatile world
Letters to the Editor, January 30th: On neutrality and isolation, and the aftermath of Storm Éowyn
The question is not just about neutrality but about the kind of world we want to live in