Madam, - There seems to be a growing wish for a public memorial to Jean McConville, and I write to suggest not a plaque or statue in her honour, but rather a rose named for her.
She had little beauty in her life and wouldn't it be a fitting memorial that quiet corners of gardens and parks should have a Jean McConville rose? - Yours, etc.,
MARGARET BARRETT, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.