Madam, - Ciaran Hayden (August 16th) claims that the two general election candidates in Wicklow for Fianna Gael and Fianna Fáil increased their support in Greystones. As far as I am aware there is no public declaration of counts on a town-by-town basis, so it is difficult to see how he can prove his point.
I presume Evelyn Cawley's vote of 2,246 first preferences would have come almost entirely from the Greystones electorate. To achieve the vote she did as a new candidate working almost entirely from a local base says a lot for her.
The acid test at the ballot box will be at the next local elections when, I, hope the county and town councillors from Greystones who supported the redevelopment scheme will face the music, just as Dublin county councillors did after their decision on Wood Quay. - Yours, etc,
JOAN QUINN, Heather Vue, Greystones, Co Wicklow.