We can't just disobey the laws we don't like

A country where citizens pick and choose which laws they will obey cannot function normally.

A country where citizens pick and choose which laws they will obey cannot function normally.

Yet it seems a regular part of Irish life that groups of people will cheerfully ignore laws they find unpleasant or inconvenient - and believe that they are perfectly entitled to do so.

Last weekend was the deadline for people to register for the new household charge. It's true that the government made a mess of its introduction, ...