A new name for O'Connell Street?

Madam, – Confucius said that the first step in reforming a state was to call things by the right names

Madam, – Confucius said that the first step in reforming a state was to call things by the right names. Today, we’re trying to create a pluralistic, multicultural Ireland. Why should our capital city’s main street continue to bear the name of a Catholic, nationalist hero? Sackville Street was renamed O’Connell Street to reflect a changed social order.

Isn’t it time to call it something else now? May I suggest Whitaker Street, in honour of TK Whitaker, the acknowledged architect of the new Ireland? – Yours, etc,

MAOLSHEACHLANN

O CEALLAIGH,

Sillogue Gardens,

Ballymun, Dublin 11.