SubscribeSubscriber OnlyLettersReader finds recycling banks full despite visiting several locationsThe Irish Times - Letters to the Editor. Fri Jun 05 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READSir, – I tried to recycle cans today with no success.I tried two branches of a supermarket and a local shop. One recycling bank took four cans, all the rest were full.It is discouraging when this happens.It seems like the can recycling scheme is a victim of its own success. – Yours, etc,READ MOREMick Lynch: FAI must take a stand and refuse to participate in Israel gameCentral Bank’s Vasileios Madouros: The impact of the 2008 crash is ‘persistent’Séamas O’Reilly: ‘Daddy is better at Mario Kart than Mummy,’ says my sore-loser sonErupcja review: Charli XCX has real screen clout in this appealing romantic dramaMARIE HUMPHRIES,Drumcondra,Dublin 9.DrumcondraDublinIN THIS SECTIONIreland can keep pencil-and-paper voting approach and still get faster resultsTaoiseach is out of this world in RTÉ reportElection counting systemIf Government lacks moral courage on Israel is it just Palestine that will suffer?Questioning the validity of the HSE’s autism assessment MOST READTwenty-nine houses built without planning permission must be removed, High Court rules Key witness in Sophie Toscan du Plantier case dies in west CorkWife of jailed Ballyseedy Garden Centre owner summonsed over drug-drivingPaul O’Donovan on the Irish rowing controversy: ‘No one wants anyone to experience anything like that’‘Entirely my decision’: Malcolm Byrne resigns as chair of AI committee in wake of arrestLATEST STORIESAn Post chief joins call for EU to delay €3 customs charge for small parcelsWhat will €385,000 buy in Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and west Cork? Anton Savage stays just on the right side of clever-clever on Newstalk BreakfastFruity wines from Chile that can be enjoyed with or without foodNetflix’s Reed Hastings: An icon of good leadership and bad governance