Sir, – Having read Ned O'Sullivan's remarks in the Seanad drawing attention to the scandalous behaviour of the seagull population of Dublin ("FF Senator says 'seagulls have lost the run of themselves'", July 17th), I now realise how misguided it was of me to have voted for the abolition of that august body. – Yours, etc,
MARTIN DOLAN,
Rochestown Avenue,
Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
Sir, – To quote Senator Ned O’Sullivan, “seagulls are very intelligent”. Isn’t it time we had a few of them in the Seanad? – Yours, etc,
MARY McGRATH,
Stone Court,
Lover’s Walk,
Cork.
Sir, – Senator Catherine Noone recently complained about the chimes on ice cream vans tempting children to partake of ice cream cones.
More recently Senator Ned O’Sullivan has complained about seagulls going about their business in noisy fashion, and robbing children of their ice cream cones and lollipops.
An Irish solution to an Irish problem, perhaps? – Yours, etc,
WILLIAM F O’BYRNE,
Maxwell Road,
Rathgar, Dublin 6.
A chara, – As a resident of Dublin 1, I am well aware of the problems seagulls cause: screeching from 3am until midnight; ripping open plastic bags to get food; leaving droppings on cars; picking at dead pigeons; even perching on window sills looking for food inside apartments. While some in the media have ridiculed Senator Ned O’Sullivan’s efforts to raise this problem, I invite them to spend a week in this part of the city, wade through the rubbish that covers our streets, listen to the seagulls all night, or even hose down their doorway of waste. – Is mise,
RICHARD WILSON,
North Great George’s Street,
Dublin 1.