Sir, – It appears Fingal's mayor is determined to block a plebiscite on the alternative of a new directly elected Dublin-wide mayor ("Fingal council set to block referendum on directly elected mayor for Dublin", Politics, March 14th).
I suppose the mayor deserves credit for at least openly saying he is opposed to giving voters a choice. On the other three Dublin councils many councillors that are opposed to reforming Dublin local government aim to defeat the measure by not turning up for the vote, defeating it on a technicality, while not having to explicitly insult the voters in an election year by voting against it.
I would suggest that on May 23rd, Dublin voters withhold their vote from any councillor who, by either voting no or absenting themselves, denies citizens their say on reform. – Yours, etc,
Dr KEVIN BYRNE,
Schoolhouse Lane,
Dublin 2.