Sir, – I note that Tom Carey (March 19th), former county engineer in Clare, clarifying that a motorway was not rerouted to preserve a fairy tree, has insisted on spoiling a very good story with the facts ("Away with the faeries", Magazine, March 15th). Such behaviour, if continued, could lead to the ruination of many newspapers, and a decline in radio and television current affairs programmes.
I would ask for restraint from the public during this difficult period. – Yours, etc,
ANTHONY WALSH,
St Aidan’s Drive,
Goatstown, Dublin 14.
