SubscribeSubscriber OnlyLettersInane music gets in the way of forecastsThe Irish Times - Letters to the Editor. Fri Aug 21 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READSir, – Who, in their right mind, thinks the inane jingle playing in the background on the RTÉ Radio 1 weather forecast improves the listening experience? – Yours, etc,GREG SCANLON,Shannon,Co Clare.RTÉIN THIS SECTIONCarnage on the motorwayIreland’s housing policy needs greater coherencePundits and politicians kept in check by Hannigan and LordCommunity action can help deliver clever uses for spaces in derelict townsCars, not online shopping, are the real reason Ireland’s town centres are dying, reader arguesMOST READMark Zuckerberg buys castle in Co WaterfordTusla refers deaths of three teenagers in M9 crash for investigation by independent body‘It has already begun’: Finland prepares for the unthinkable from RussiaZimbabwean pastor brings defamation action against Conor McGregorOriginal home of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish castle is immortalised in verse as the site of gruesome deedsLATEST STORIESM9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harmsDetails of Taoiseach’s correspondence with tech giant Apple withheld on security groundsWhat next for ICG and Eamonn Rothwell if investors reject takeover bid?Aaron Gillane says patience and psychology the key to Limerick’s latest triumphMore than 600 extra university places to train nurses, doctors and other key medics