FRAN VEALE,
Madam, - Peter Collins (November 1st) feels the Dublin City Marathon "does nothing for anyone."
Nothing - except bring an estimated 6,000 foreigners to our country, a reported 3,000 of them from the US and Canada. No doubt most of them stayed in hotels and possibly spent a few days afterwards exploring our capital, boosting the tourism industry and thus the economy.
Nothing - except helping four official charities, not to mention the countless participants who ran in aid of other charities.
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Surely it's worth keeping the marathon tradition alive in Dublin even if it means delaying Mr Collins's urgent journeys once a year. - Is mise,
FRAN VEALE, Lindsay Road, Dublin 9.