Road deaths - Our young drivers lack basic skills

WHAT makes young Irish people so dramatically different to their European counterparts?

The answer is chillingly evident in the latest batch of EU-wide statistics showing that when it comes to car deaths, Ireland’s young people are top of the league.

That is a most regrettable distinction but one that thousands of grieving families have to live with every day and which society at large must be prepared to face if we are to have any hope of tackling this country’s crisis of road carnage.