Madam, - Anyone looking to find those responsible for the demise of Temple Bar need look no further than Dublin City Council and the company to which it has abdicated responsibility for the area: Temple Bar Properties.
We now have an organisation that cannot bring itself to acknowledge that there is a problem in the area, despite the smell of urine in the mornings, and the sense of fear at night.
A lack of new ideas and an unwillingness to listen to democratically elected representatives lies at the heart of the problems in the area.
High-quality architecture and a positive framework were put in place originally. The high number of large pubs was not part of the original script.
Temple Bar's decline is a result not of flawed aspirations for the area, but of the management for the area failing to deliver on its potential. - Yours, etc.,
Cllr CHRIS ANDREWS, Members' Room, City Hall, Dublin 2.