PETER
Sir, - I have received a communication from the Planning Department of Cork County Council stating that planning permission has been granted for a "residential holiday development consisting of 70 holiday houses and three apartments" to be built at Castletownshend.
Anyone who is familiar with the unique geography of Castletownshend, with its one steep main street running down to a small harbour, will find this decision inexplicable as well as deplorable. - Yours, etc.,
PETER SOMERVILLE-LARGE, Shankill Castle, Co Kilkenny.