Two letters on the metric system published in The Irish Times. One reminds the paper of the existence of the metric system, the other suggests a way to introduce the metric system without opposition from the older generation

Letters

The measure of all things

In the long run

Tue Jul 25 2023

Sir, – Further to recent correspondence (Letters, July 22nd), perhaps, as a caller to Liveline said about the euro, the metric system shouldn’t have been introduced until “all the old people were dead”. – Yours, etc,

MATTIE LENNON,

The measure of all things

Imperial system

Sat Jul 22 2023

Sir, – We are informed (News, July 18th) that Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for a “43ft high and 26.5ft wide sound barrier”.

Has word not yet reached The Irish Times of the invention of the metre? – Yours, etc,

EOIN KIRWAN,

Dublin 22.

Blessington,

Co Wicklow.