SubscribeSubscriber OnlyLettersWalking and cycling are not realistic options for those needing to travel across the Irish Sea or AtlanticWed Jun 24 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READSir – Your correspondent (Letters, June 23rd) draws a superficially plausible but fundamentally flawed comparison between the Government’s encouragement of walking and cycling and the flight cap at Dublin Airport. Walking and cycling are not realistic options for those needing to travel across the Irish Sea or Atlantic Ocean. – Yours, etc,Richard Bannister,READ MORESeán Moncrieff: Humans are innately political, but when does an issue become a moral one?Frank McNally on the horrors of handwriting in middle ageGetting to and from Marlay Park concerts: ‘The ticket was €80 ... the taxi home was €70’‘We knew that Ireland had a housing problem, but we did not know the extent of it before we came’Maynooth,Co KildareIN THIS SECTIONAsk for help, people with mental health struggles are always told. Often there is noneWhy underground bins wouldn’t solve Dublin’s waste problemThe three-day wait, and condescension towards women seeking abortionsTo walk or to flyThe deep malaise in the US and UK is coming to Ireland soonMOST READ‘We knew that Ireland had a housing problem, but we did not know the extent of it before we came’Keith Duggan: Welcome to one of the most soulful sports arenas in the United States‘Clear changes’ in drinking patterns countrywide, Health Research Board findsBusinessman (73) given 18-month suspended sentence over ‘vile’ campaign against golf managerTributes paid as Galway two-time All-Ireland winner Paul Clancy dies aged 49LATEST STORIESWell-known housebuilders pay €1.6m for famed Lamb Doyle’s pubLandmark Dublin pub where Paddy McKillen jnr planned to build apartments seeks €3m Dublin social housing investment guiding at €6.25m offers buyer 4.88% yieldCorrib Oil pays €3.2m for Waterford city service stationDublin 4 office and residential portfolio seeks €4.5m