Sir, - Shame on the members of Wicklow County Council. Having waited so long to proceed with their wretched road-widening on the N11, could they not have waited a few more weeks until the fledglings had come to fruition? But no - they have hacked away beautiful trees and lush hedgerows, destroying the life within. May they hang their heads in shame at this desecration of the beautiful things that have been entrusted to their care. I feel quite ill and very, very angry at what I saw today. - Yours, etc.,
H.J. Beckett, Green Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin.