Letter of the Day
A letter of note selected by the Letters' Editor
One child has been killed in Gaza every day since the so-called ceasefire
The killing and deprivation cannot be normalised
There is no dignity in not being able to heat your home
Older people deserve the right to live without fear of poverty or loneliness
Budget makes me worry whether my grandchildren will benefit from today’s prosperity
How transformative would it be if the entire resources of the State were directed towards solving one problem?
A pedestrian sees red
Why do we have to keep stopping, pressing buttons and waiting while motor traffic just keeps moving?
When is a tenner more than a tenner? When the Government’s PR pays off
Budget ploys during a cost-of-living crisis
Over-regulation is choking the property market
The law now tilts almost entirely towards tenant protection
Putting Ireland’s property tax in perspective
Ireland’s annual property tax places us 13th of 29 European countries, well behind countries such as France, Spain and Italy
Owners and designers of AI agents should be held accountable by law
Creators must accept responsibility for ‘rogue’ agents
‘My son faces a choice that makes no educational sense’
If he drops Irish, he rules himself out of UCD, UCC, Galway and Maynooth
Time to say goodbye to artificial intelligence and live our lives freely?
Ireland has been taken over by the international IT sector
Employers claim office returns are all about productivity without evidence
This is preference dressed up as evidence
Anything less than €10 extra on the State pension means poverty for many
Pensioners are depending on an increase to afford food and heat
‘Of what is past, or passing, or to come’
Remembering September 100 years ago, when events led to the creation of Ireland’s first national park
Weapons deployment shows US sees space as just another frontier
Saddening development goes against space treaty to which US was an original party
Nothing funny about the return of sexist advertising
Sydney Sweeney ad objectifies women in sport who work hard to be acknowledged for what they have achieved
Dazzling headlights a worrying feature of night-time driving
Modern LED systems can produce extremely high luminance from small light sources
Where were the tractors during Trump visit?
The man mostly responsible for high fuel prices was spared the protests that blocked our roads in April
Trump’s divisive policies are having a profound impact around the world
Women’s rights have been particularly affected while his record on climate change has been abysmal
GAA’s commitment to integration under scrutiny
Ironic that row over misogyny erupted in the week Croke Park hosted largest women’s sporting event in GAA’s history
Time to stop this nonsense about ‘people who get up early’
Fine Gael Ministers need to get a new line
What problem is Jim O’Callaghan trying to solve with new hurdles to citizenship?
Proposed changes smack of an attempt to pander to populist agitation
Those in their 40s and 50s are the forgotten generation when it comes to the budget
We will pay for the proposed new schemes and get no utility from them
High-speed rail network could be fast track to housing solution
Transformative investment would strengthen Ireland’s regional cities
Affordable housing is a human right, not a privilege
We are at the point of societal breakdown as this crisis deepens
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