‘Drink is not the issue, rural isolation is’

‘Irish Examiner’ reporter Donal Hickey, who has lived most of his life in the countryside, says easy access to transport colours city dwellers’ opinions on relaxing drink-driving laws for those in rural areas

CITY and townspeople just don’t get it.

In the midst of all the commotion generated by Danny Healy-Rae’s call for permits to allow rural people drive after consuming alcohol a little over the legal limit, the essential elements of what he is at are being largely missed.