Sir, - We managed to stop the needle in O'Connell St, but now, in the development of Smithfield Village in Dublin, we have appalling new lamp standards (not to mention drab, unfriendly new architecture). The lamps are ugly and out of proportion, dwarfing what used to be a delightful old cobblestoned square.
How do we manage to get it wrong, so often? - Yours, etc.,
Joe O'Byrne, Burleigh Court, Dublin 4.