Sir, – Una Mullally is so right about the filth of Dublin, especially in summer (“Dublin is a dirty, smelly, sticky old town once again”, Opinion, June 12th). Every visit to my home town inspires the same feelings.
A thought for the city “authorities” who seem incapable of improving things: a municipal bylaw obliging the tenants and/or owners of commercial property to sweep and clean the pavement in front of their premises every day.
This is often the case here in France and, in the past, houseproud shopkeepers, restaurant owners, hoteliers, etc, did so without being obliged.
As she observes “in residential parts of the city the people living there do the street cleaning”: why not the people who exploit the city centre for commercial gain too? – Yours, etc,
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IAN THOMPSON,
Lélex,
France.