Madam, - Congratulations to Ms Jo Smith and Mr Joseph Nessan on their wedding (The Irish Times, November 6th) and congratulations also to Lord Mayor Royston Brady for actually doing something for the homeless. - Yours, etc.,
MARIE NICHOLSON,
Greystones,
Co Wicklow.
Madam, - The media attention given to the wedding of a homeless couple in Dublin is in stark contrast to the attention given to the homelessness crisis in this State. The philanthropic gestures towards this couple from the Lord Mayor of Dublin do nothing to lessen the guilt of his party, Fianna Fáil, for its failure to address homelessness and for the slipshod attitude of Noel Ahern, TD, Minister of State with responsibility for housing. The deserved happiness of this couple should not be manipulated by the media and by Government politicians to distract attention from the fate of the other thousands of homeless people - including the hundreds who sleep rough on Dublin's streets very night because of Government inaction. - Yours, etc.,
CAOILFHIONN
NÍ DHONNABHÁIN,
Ballybough,
Dublin 3.