Sir, – While I agreed with much of Mary Feely's comments on water charges ("Prospect of water charges leaving me high and dry", Opinion & Analysis, September 10th), I am slightly bemused by her concluding remark that she is waiting to exact revenge at the next election. As the barrage of taxes grows each year, who exactly does a law-abiding taxpayer vote for to represent their interests? If not "the current lot", it can hardly be "the last lot" nor indeed "the other lot". I have spent the last five years wondering does any party now represent the approximately 1.5 million taxpayers on low or middle incomes; and I still see no satisfactory answer. Now if that is not the definition of a gap in the market, I must surely be missing something. – Yours, etc,
GERRY KELLY,
Orwell Gardens,
Rathgar,
Dublin 6.
Sir, – Water meters are being installed at a rate of two a minute (News, September 12th), but not, alas, two a penny. – Yours, etc,
IGGY McGOVERN,
Gledswood Avenue,
Clonskeagh,
Dublin 14.