Sir, – As a taxi driver looking forward with some apprehension to the St Patrick’s Day drinking festival, I allowed myself a wry smile at a poster I saw on the back of a Dublin bus. It carried a message from Dublin City Council reminding people that it was illegal to drink alcohol in public places. Illegal? And there was me thinking it was compulsory! –Yours, etc,
THOMAS NAGHTEN,
Maynooth,
Co Kildare.