Sir, - I read with interest the letter from Alasdair MacFarlane (August 6th) regarding wailing car alarms, which he seems to think are an exclusively Irish blight. Let me be the bearer of some news to our temporarily domiciled Scottish friend. As a Dubliner domiciled unfortunately somewhat more than temporarily in London and having spent a lot of time on business in Alasdair's capital city Edinburgh, I can say that wailing car alarms are as just as prevalent in both those places. - Is mise,
Eamon Cummins, College Road, Dulwich.