Sir, - In response to Dr McCabe (January 14th) and with sympathy to victims in the Shannon basin, I would like to remind people of the disgraceful rape of our beautiful rivers in the past.
I hope that any attempt to interfere with mother nature on the Riven Shannon will be carried out in a gentler fashion. - Yours, etc.
Paul O'Malley, Boyne Road, Navan, Co Meath.