Sir, - On Easter Sunday evening, I approached a bar in north-east Co Dublin, alone. I was asked for ID, and gave my driving licence. Then the doorman asked: "Where do you come from, sir?" On reading my ID, he saw that I live in Howth, and admitted me immediately.
On leaving, I approached another doorman and queried why I had been asked where I "came from". He said that they were being very strict about who was being let in, and that they were on the lookout for anyone from Darndale or Kilbarrack - "you know yourself". I stopped him, told him that I would not be returning, and that I considered this to be "absolutely disgraceful".
I returned the next night to deliver a letter of objection to this management policy, to the proprietor. The doorman who had asked for ID the previous night grabbed my elbow, told me that I was "barred" and accused me of making a false complaint against him. I was then surrounded on the public footpath by this doorman and two others, until I turned and left. The doormen could not understand why I had found their remarks of the previous evening so offensive, considering that I had been allowed in.
I do not wish to return there, and wonder if I am the only one of your readers who would have reacted this way. - Yours, etc.,
Christian Morris, Howth, Co Dublin.