A chara, – As the second last of 403 elected mayors of Kilkenny, I warmly welcome the findings of the Forum on the Establishment of the Office of Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin (Home News, December 16th). What a pity this is about to be put to the people of Dublin in a plebiscite when less than 100 miles down the road a 1,000-year-old city council is being abolished without any reference to its citizens and for virtually no savings. Democracy for the current capital but none for the medieval capital! – Is mise,
Cllr SEÁN Ó hARGÁIN,
Greenshill,
Kilkenny.