Sir, - Whenever I have needed to avail myself of the recently granted privilege of free travel, the appropriate utilities, already vestigial in the West, have promptly gone on strike. Do you think the authorities would consider the issue of a voucher for the purchase of a bicycle or a blackthorn stick and a pair of stout walking shoes as a suitable alternative? - Yours, etc.,
Michael Mahony, Coogue South, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.