Sir, - Writing from a country where there are now more mobile phones than people (5 million), I believe the problem on Irish trains has more to do with lack of mobile management rather than mobile mania.
Those mobile-phone owners should have the courtesy to use the functions available on almost all mobile phones today, namely the beep-once or vibrating alerts to indicate calls and messages. It is not Iarnrod Eireann's duty to educate Irish mobilephone users on the ethics of considerate mobile phone use in the public domain. - Yours, etc.,
Niall O'Donoghue, Narva, Finland.