Letters

Skateboarders of the world, unite

Dublin and the skateboarding community

Thu Dec 22 2022 - 00:03

Sir, – I agree entirely with Una Mullally (Opinion & Analysis, December 19th) that plans for Portobello Plaza, and other public spaces in Dublin, should allow skateboarding and enable the skateboarding community. All throughout Dublin, public spaces and street furniture deliberately covered with anti-skateboarding and anti-social bumps, spikes, and knobs are evident.

Getting healthy exercise by skateboarding on a plaza is infinitely preferable to sitting around smoking, drinking alcohol, yelling, and being socially unpleasant. With apologies to Christy Moore, but does anyone really think you can stay up on a skateboard after 14 cans of craft stout? – Yours, etc,

ULTAN Ó BROIN,

Blackrock,

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Co Dublin.