PHILIP LAWTON,
Madam, - After much thought about the Victorian Monument in Dun Laoghaire, I have finally realised why it has been restored. It is to help visitors arriving from Britain by ferry to feel at home.
Welcome to Ireland, where we have a Tesco and an Argos in every major shopping area and where the people are even more obsessed by the English Premiership than the English themselves! - Yours. etc,
PHILIP LAWTON, Charlemont Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.