Rural resettlement

Sir, – It has been suggested that homeless families in Dublin be re-settled around the country.

They must be delighted at the prospect of either unemployment or commuting to their minimum-wage jobs in the capital .

What then, of those refugees in direct provision or the 500 Syrians earmarked for a life in modern Ireland?

Bunk beds on the Skelligs, water meters outside the beehive huts? Even unto our own, our generosity knows no bounds – until asked.

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– Yours, etc,

EUGENE TANNAM

Firhouse,

Dublin 24.