Sir, - I read with interest the article on Cork's gay venue the Other Place (Southern Report, July 21st). It may interest your readers to know that of the 12,000-plus bars in Ireland, only four are gay: two in Dublin, one each in Cork and Belfast.After his mauling in your pages of late by fellow contributors, I thought this crumb of comfort might bring some solace to Rory O'Hanlon. - Yours, etc.,Noel O'Connor,
Ormond Quay,
Dublin 2.