Madam, - It appears the ancient kings of Tara have risen up with impeccable timing to bite Martin Cullen, Dick Roche and the NRA in the rear end.
Before yesterday's (May 2nd) news of a major archaeological discovery there, which can hardly come as a surprise considering the location of the proposed M3 route, I had long since decided the primary reason I would not be voting Fianna Fáil was because of the inability of the current administration to listen to alternative ideas regarding the M3 going through the Tara- Skryne valley. Arrogance coupled with an inability to listen are, perhaps the two worst traits which politicians in power often assume. With regard to the M3, perhaps a little humility would have gone a long way.
Let's hope they will now listen to our ancestors, who it would appear have delivered a body blow to the proposed routing of the M3. As for politicians who won't listen, they simply have to be gently removed, even if they do throw the toys out of the pram. - Yours, etc,
BRENDAN QUINN, Enniscrone, Co Sligo.
Madam, - So Martin Cullen has turned the sod for the M3 motorway. Despite the election, the event was kept low-key. Given that the pop of flash bulbs is normally music to their ears, what have these politicians to hide? Why spurn such an obvious PR stunt?
Perhaps the embarrassment of the Taoiseach is spreading to the rest of his Cabinet. One could say that the sods being turned around the country are only matched by the skeletons of our ancestors spinning in their disturbed graves, but like many of this Government's election promises over the years, these allegorical metaphors have, alas, run their course. - Yours, etc,
DECLAN KENNY, Mill Lane, Leixlip.