Letters to the Editor: Like skorts, skirts should be a choice 

This isn’t about banning skirts — it’s about choice. Let’s retire outdated uniform rules that undermine girls’ health, safety, and mobility. Picture: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho

If the Camogie Association can modernise its dress code for greater mobility, what’s stopping schools from doing the same?

At 15, I successfully campaigned for the option to wear trousers in my secondary school. I immediately switched to cycling — arriving faster and stress-free. Fifty years later, I still cycle regularly (with waterproof over-trousers when it rains), but now I find myself campaigning again — this time for my granddaughters.