Madam, – An Bord Pleanála deems “inappropriate” a 15,000-capacity entertainment centre hidden under a gigantic casino (Breaking News, June 13th)). And decides a (presumably overground) “full-size replica of the White House in Washington” is a fitting structure to position in the middle of the Irish countryside.
Despite our having been biting badly on both buttocks by it, our desire to erect monuments to the ugliest aspects of capitalism appears undiminished. – Yours, etc,