Sir, - Some weeks ago, some of the bravest people I know, the residents of St. Michael's estate in Inchicore, started their fight back against the multiplicity of problems which society, and Dublin in particular, has landed on them. Their plans to revitalise their area were launched by the Taoiseach. Despite widespread advance notice the event was barely mentioned in the national media.
This week a certain well known restaurant suffers the trauma of being omitted from a guide. Front page mention and large inside story in The Irish Times.
You are entitled to choose your own news priorities but if these are your priorities, please spare us the sanctimonious editorials. - Yours, etc., Brendan Ryan
Seanad Eireann, Baile Atha Cliath.