Letters to the Editor, Friday March 7th, 2025: On red lights, vacant homes and Zelenskiy’s clothes
‘The idea has become entrenched in the minds of many drivers that breaking red lights is legitimate’
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We have seen an increase in school refusals among older children
It’s vital to improve engagement with school, because childhood lasts a lifetime
Housing crisis and planning
Decision to refuse planning permission starkly contrasts with the overarching goals of national policy
Letters to the Editor, March 6th: On defending Europe, and the climate crisis and multibillion fines
Peace takes work, investment and moral courage
Overcrowded prisons and breaches of human rights
This is not a problem that the Irish Prison Service can resolve alone or that the State can build its way out of
Letters to the Editor, March 5th: On neutrality in a changing world, and tariffs and Trumponomics
Any Government vote on overseas deployments should be a free vote with no whip
Education and reform – ignoring the lessons
Commission a report, ignore it, commission another report, repeat cycle
Letters to the Editor, March 4th: On neutrality in a changing world, and Trump and Zelenskiy
Move to amend the triple lock is welcome and overdue
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Letters to the Editor - Monday, March 3rd: Trump and Ukraine, Dáil speaking rights, Unthinkable clarity
‘I don’t approve of representatives of our Government travelling to the US to dance attendance on Trump and his chief advisor Elon Musk. But I recognise that we’re vulnerable to developments in the US.’
‘Next in is Micheál Martin with a bowl of shamrock’: Irish Times readers react to Trump-Zelenskiy meeting
Oval Office confrontation between US and Ukrainian presidents leaves questions about Ireland’s stance
‘The State’s e-voting machine debacle ultimately cost the taxpayer €55 million’
No lessons were learned from the spending controversy of the early 2000s
Letters to the Editor - Saturday, March 1st: National Broadband Plan; attacks on diversity programmes; and Trump’s America
While crucial to scrutinise cost overruns on sheds, walls, and scanners, we could also learn from successful projects
‘Perhaps someone from the Minister’s office might pick up the phone to the National Gallery?'
X-ray scanner at centre of controversy is piece of equipment that an ambitious art gallery should have
Letters to the Editor - Friday, February 28th: Crumbling sewer pipes; tackling educational disadvantage; Trump’s America
“Many of Dublin’s foul drains are broken or collapsing”
Letters to the Editor, February 27th: Neutrality in a changing world; AI in Irish education; the National Gallery’s scanner
Since when did the veto powers of the UN security council members become a plausible argument against the triple lock?
‘I suspect the National Gallery’s scanner debacle is replicated across the HSE and third level’
Funding never seems to include money to train or hire someone to operate new equipment
‘Legislation permitting access to the countryside is practically non-existent in Ireland’
Prospect of walking trails along the Clare coast remaining closed for the entire 2025 season a symptom of the deficiencies in Irish laws
Letters to the Editor, February 26th: Neutrality and a changing world; Shamrock diplomacy; Hassan Nasrallah and human rights
Instead of joining a future military alliance, there should be a referendum to enshrine neutrality into the Constitution
Letters to the Editor, February 25th: On Trump, Europe and Ukraine; Irish rugby jerseys; and the future of Casement Park
Russia looks like it will be saved by the Chamberlain of today, aka Donald Trump
Letters to the Editor, February 24th: On redefining neutrality, and housing and homelessness
Ireland can help to decrease world tensions that lead to war and promote disarmament
Letters to the Editor, February 22nd: On neutrality and a changing world, and shamrock diplomacy
A febrile and fast-moving political and defence environment
Letters to the Editor, February 21st: On Trump, Europe and Ukraine, and landscape and the environment
The sight of EU leaders prevaricating only emboldens Donald Trump
Letters to the Editor, February 20th: On relaxing rules on garden homes, and one-off rural housing
A bold move or a recipe for inaction?