Sir, - From time to time your esteemed newspaper carries exhortations from various public bodies urging sensible use of water supplies. In March water began oozing through the road surface almost facing this house. After several phone calls to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council I eventually wrote to the council on April 15th. A reply signed by Eugene Vesey, Senior Administrative Officer, dated April 19th, stated as follows: "I am having this matter investigated and a reply will issue as soon as possible".
The only thing that has happened since then is that some official has marked the area around the oozing water with blue spraypaint. And the stream of water has increased several times over. - Yours, etc., Arthur Allshire,
Greythorn Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.