Letters to the Editor: Pensioner enjoying a beer should not have to pay deposit return levy

One reader says a modest can of draught stout will now cost some people more, and other readers consider issues including the Middle East conflict, policing, and Cork's Christmas lights

Jim O'Sullivan says 'all the coming and going necessary to retrieve the levy' will effectively penalise those with reduced mobility, including a pensioner enjoying a nice can of draught porter at home.

For many pensioners, living out the twilight years of their lives, one of the great scientific achievements of recent times has been the development of the ability to put a pint of draught porter into a can.

Not only did this negate the need for those whose mobility has become challenging to leave their fireside to enjoy a pint, but the cost of having a couple of pints was put well within their reach too.