Education and reform – ignoring the lessons
Commission a report, ignore it, commission another report, repeat cycle
Letter of the Day
A letter of note selected by the Letters' Editor
‘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
‘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
‘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
Making space for parks and outdoor green areas
We need places in which to live, but we also need space in which to breathe
Rural roads and speed limits
The speed limit is a maximum allowed speed, not a target, as so many drivers appear to think
Hearts and flowers and romantic gestures
Valentine’s Day sometimes seems more like a punitive tax than a tribute to love
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, 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
Letters to the Editor, January 29th: On lessons from Storm Éowyn, and Super Juniors and the Constitution
Our electricity distribution system is uniquely vulnerable to climate and environmental risks
Disability issues have been sidelined
A rights-based framework, with binding legislation and clear accountability, is essential
Apartments and planning delays
Many of these projects are made unviable by delays, uncertainty, and high construction costs
Growing expert consensus on harmful effects of social media on adolescent mental health
Adolescent screen use, anxiety and depression
HSE’s waiting lists for child assessments
After waiting over five years for support, we received a letter from the HSE on a Friday telling us to reply by Monday or the assessment application will not proceed
The Seanad is not intended to be a second Dáil
In any Seanad reform, the primacy of the Dáil would have to be at the forefront of considerations
Rowing back on flexible work options
A real opportunity to modernise the Irish workplace has been missed
Time for a national clinical programme for chronic kidney disease
Action is required to tackle this silent epidemic
Technology and anxiety
Each generation believes that its problems are unique, but we have always blamed technology for our anxiety
Irish exemptions at second level
How many of the exempted students are studying other second languages?
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