The “weary travellers” referred to in Ronan Gingles’s letter (April 21) were lucky the train met up with their ferry at Rosslare.

WITH this island’s utter dependence on external connectivity never having been more clearly exposed, we might do well to look at how our internal surface transport system feeds into our international linkages.

THE notion of reducing the number of TDs – as most recently suggested by Fine Gael leader Enda (July 25) – may have some merit, particularly if the electorate’s largely clientelist relationship with Dáil deputies, whereby votes are exchanged for real or imagined favours often relating to very personal and local matters, can be altered.