Sir, – Once again a public transport initiative announced for Dublin and the surrounding counties (Home News, August 8th) by a so-called “national body”, which really should be renamed the Pale transport authority because its remit appears to be for this area only.
Certainly over half a million people living in Cork do not count, as the so-called public transport here is poor outdated and not fit for purpose.
There won’t be any “national” announcements to rectify this blatant disregard and second-class treatment of a sizeable number of this so-called Republic’s citizens.
We are only good for paying our taxes to ensure the Pale always gets the best of everything, while we here in Cork have to endure poor roads,poor street lighting and a lack of meaningful investment by this and previous governments.
Those who fought for our freedom did not give their lives so we could be a country where one area gets preferential treatment over everybody else. – Yours, etc,
KEVIN McCARTHY,
Silversprings,
Tivoli,
Cork.