Sir, - Over the past three years a vocal minority of so called eco-warriors have, with the help of endless publicity in the media, delayed vital infrastructural and life-saving investment. They have cost the taxpayer millions of pounds in dole payments, legal costs, county council staff and gardai.
I have known and used the glen for the past 40 years. While travelling through it yesterday I was amazed at how few trees were actually cut down and how small an area was affected.
What was all the fuss about? - Yours, etc.,
Michael O'Connell,
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Deansgrange,
Co Dublin.