Sir, Michael Smith's letter of October 5th gives a distorted account of my comments in a recent article about pub development in Temple Bar.
I told The Irish Times that we were neither the planning nor the licensing authority for the area, and that the tax incentives, which to some extent govern the character of commercial development in Temple Bar, are adjudicated not by Temple Bar Properties Ltd., but by Temple Bar Renewal Ltd.
Yours, etc., Managing director, Temple Bar Properties Ltd., 8 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.