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@steve My preferred lock back in the US was August, which was an add-on to existing deadbolts. Quite happy with them.
With the yale mortice ones, do you still have to do the lift-up-to-lock, or does it just take care of it all itself?
@kithrup all the lift up to lock doors we have are because they have extra bars that go through multiple points in the door into the frame. Those are only triggered by the lift up.
@Antiqueight I just want ease and convenience, I know it's not the Irish way.
@kithrup I mean, I don't entirely know what you are looking for. There are about 6 different kinds of mortice lock and a few other non mortice locks. Which is the one you think of as convenient? (My preference is the drawback night lock)
@Antiqueight The one I think of as convenient is the setup we had in Beaverton, with an August smart lock controlling a deadbolt. The august attached to the inside meant that locking and unlocking was done by just turning a large circle, and it could lock automatically. And, of course, unlock using my iPhone.
I know I can get an inside knob for the locking, so I don't have to rely on a key to open the door, but I also want all the rest, including automatic locking.
@kithrup I'm pretty sure there is a lock that will do that, but I'd get a locksmiths version of the answer. Other than it being a knob (which, if it has a handle at all, I hate, you can't open a knob with your elbow).. i can't see why it would be a problem, in theory some of the nightlatches would do that, I'd think. They certainly have the general structure. But most of the actual locks i know are decades old.
@Antiqueight Well, the knob is for locking & unlocking, not opening. Right now, I *have* to have a key to unlock the door, and I hate that.