Sir, – There is an inadvertent irony in your lovely picture of the six members of the Moore family cycling to school along the promenade at Sandymount Strand (Frank Miller, Home News, August 30th). Your photographer has captured them as they ride over one of the many petulant signs that Dublin City Council has laid down, stating “No cycling or skating”. The promenade is 22 metres wide, of which the tarmacadam path is four metres wide. There is a vast and generous amount of grass for picnickers, ball-players, dog walkers, etc. A simple white line, dividing the tarmac for cyclists and walkers, could leave everyone happy. This is what has been done on the Clontarf to Sutton promenade, a much narrower strip. Surely our council engineers could consider this positive and welcoming strategy, instead of the negative and unwelcoming message we receive at the moment? Long may the Moore family, and the rest of us, continue to cycle happily and legally along this wonderful amenity. – Yours, etc,
RODNEY DEVITT,
Tritonville Lane,
Sandymount, Dublin 4.