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John Collison speaks for my generation

No urgency, no accountability and no sign that the people running this country feel the same pressure the rest of us live under – in the real world!

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Worrying increase in youth unemployment

‘A person with no prospects and no hope is an easy target for a bit of excitement, and worse’

Letters to the Editor, October 30th: On Collison’s solutions, responsible travel, and linguistic inflation

‘Ireland is experiencing the many social and environmental costs of a deeply flawed economic development model’

Abandoned petrol stations around Ireland

Would it be so hard to enforce proper dismantling of these unsightly structures?

Letters to the Editor, October 29th: On aid being blocked into Gaza, Fianna Fáil’s soul-searching, and healthy minds

‘Israeli restrictions are depriving Palestinians from life-saving aid’

Legislation needs to keep up with technical progress

From AI to e-scooters and vapes, innovations must be quickly evaluated for potential dangers

Letters to the Editor, October 28th: On wins and spoils, Collison’s vision, and distracted reading

‘This election was a remarkably positive outcome for democracy’

Letters to the Editor, October 27th: On religious teaching in schools, AI and schools and knocking Knock Airport

Public education should be secular as a matter of principle

Reasons for riots

There are four key arenas of State failure which create the conditions for occurrences such as in Saggart last week

Leave the phone alone

At one stage a couple a few rows in front of me were both recording at the same time

Letters to the Editor, October 24th: On presidency reflections, turning the clocks back and walking the walk

The next Uachtarán na hÉireann won’t share every personal opinion you hold

Is the Government in control?

Immigration and housing are obvious examples and related issues

Letters to the Editor, October 23rd: On spoiling votes, guarding the gold and the hyperbole continues

What do you do if you feel neither candidate represents you?

Driven to distraction by illegible car number plates

Ireland’s system is cumbersome, resulting in up to 11 characters on a plate

Letters to the Editor, October 22nd: Differing views on presidential candidates, the Trump whisperer and slow horses

We have enough of the political hackery, name-calling and trolling in the Dáil

‘A spoiled ballot is in fact silence’

Generations protested so that we could hold this small piece of paper in our hands

Letters to the Editor, October 21st: On the realities of speaking Irish, presidential faux pas, and learning from Australia

With all due respect, this sort of argument really doesn’t hold water

Paying more property tax?

This punitive tax is levied on a phantom, unrealised gain

Letters to the Editor, October 20th: On Catherine Connolly in Syria, votes for emigrants, and talking to strangers

Are we really considering weakening this Bill because of a loud but small minority of US politicians and corporations?

‘I have worked in the HSE for 35 years, but this is particularly stupid’

Can someone explain to the HSE what exactly personal protective equipment (PPE) is designed to do?

Letters to the Editor, October 26th: Scenes of violence and children, climate change and farming and marathon journeys

Children in the wider community have watched their neighbourhood overtaken by rioting and fear

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