Sir, - It is extremely disturbing to hear that the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Joe Doyle, has been receiving racist hate mail. Senator Doyle has supported the "One City, Many Peoples" programme which is attempting to better integrate refugees into our society and is to be applauded and supported for that. Although I'm standing against him as a Progressive Democrat candidate in June's local elections, I'd like to say on the public record to anyone who is voting against Joe because of his stance on this issue not to vote for me either. I'd rather not be elected then be elected with a single racist vote. This is an issue that needs to be confronted head on.
I sincerely hope the other candidates in the Pembroke ward will share this view. - Yours, etc., Jason O'Mahony,
Merrion Strand, Sandymount, Dublin 4.