Sir, - May heaven preserve us from another deluge of letters to you and complaints in the media about the awfulness of the Millennium Spire.
Sure wasn't the Eiffel Tower derided when it was erected in 1889? A 19th-century, unique design of Meccano-type iron girders is now the epitome of all that is wonderful about Paris. In time the 21st-century spike will surely become the same kind of attraction in Dublin.
If I could be cloned I'd love to be around to witness the reaction to it spike 112 years on, in 2113.
Chic and begorrah! - Yours, etc., Joan Sheil,
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Embassy Lawn, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14.