Sir, – Robert Lowery is so right (October 1st) when he complains about the lack of courtesy to people coping with travelling with small children. I am 76 and when in Dublin I frequently use public transport to get to my suburban family.
Sometimes I have to stand, and if anybody does offer me their seat, almost invariably he or she will be from a part of the world where the elderly are still honoured and respected, – Yours, etc,
BRIAN LOUGHEED,
Killarney,
Co Kerry.
A chara, – As a six-month pregnant lady who commutes daily by bus and Luas, I’m sad to say nobody offers up a seat anymore. I wear my “baby on board” badge daily but to date I have had to stand for every journey.
Today was particularly bad – when a seat became available and I started to make my way towards it, I was elbowed out of the way by a young man. Are these the times we live in? – Is mise,
IRENE O’DONOVAN,
Rathfarnham,
Dublin 16.