Madam, - For years the people of Ballsbridge have been threatened by predatory developers and unelected town planners who won't be happy until we are all living in apartments.
At the same time, planning permission in rural Ireland is restricted to those with a family connection to the area. In some Gaeltacht regions it is restricted to fluent Irish speakers.
Surely the Victorian townhouses and trees-lined avenues of Ballsbridge are worthy of similar protection? - Yours, etc,
JACK HYLAND,
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Clyde House,
Serpentine Avenue,
Dublin 4.