Madam,
It is not often that I have to disagree with Catherine Cavandish and Rodney Devitt, two stalwarts (I cannot describe Rodney as a ‘Valkyr’ as used by him in his letter) who have worked tirelessly over many years on behalf of our community.

However, I feel I must put the other side of the story of the little copse of trees and shrubs in Sean Moore Park. I wonder if Catherine and Rodney have seen from the Pigeon House side the gangs of youths who secrete themselves within the trees and bushes that look so innocent, attractive and appropriate from the Beach Road. The scattered aftermath of these evening gatherings leave nothing to the imagination as to what nefarious activities are carried out there. The City Council obviously do (for, unfortunately, it is they who have to thanklessly clean up afterwards) hence their removal of the plantings that they lovingly placed there.

I don’t know what their future plans for the park are but I am sure that there are many families who will be grateful for the removal of these locations of risk for their sons and daughters and a source of nuisance to those who like to take an enjoyable stroll in the evenings. I do not feel that this is giving in to vandalism and unlawfulness but I prefer to have less copse and more cops to resolve the problem in Sean Moore Park.

At the risk of offending some of your lovely readers, I would apply the same argument regarding the ‘Nature Park’ in Newbridge Avenue.

Paddy Kavanagh

Madam Editor
Where has your crossword gone?!! I enjoyed the mental activation your crosswords gave, even though I didn’t get quite motivated to enter your fab competition. I would really love to see them reintroduced.

Your fond Reader, B. Ryan
(We have reinstated the crossword as many of you seem to be missing it Ed.)

Madam
‘NewsFour’ is definitely the best of the community newspapers. Keep up the good work. I liked the short story in the last issue.

Noreen (Sandymount)


Madam
I am e mailing you from Canada. My sister, Evelyn, was home in June and brought back a copy of ‘NewsFour’. There is a photo in there that was taken around 50 years ago at the Ringsend Mission Hall’s summer outing to Greystones. Susan Kenny and her sisters Ruth and Mary are there and Sylvia Wilson is sitting beside Dorothy Turner. I was around 5 years old in that picture and I went to the Ringsend Mission Hall (we used to call it the Tuesday night meeting) until I was about 14 years old.

Have you found out the names of any other people in the photograph? Please publish them in the next issue as it brings back so many good memories, happy times and simple times.

Thank you, Joyce O’Byrne
(We have many of the names and they appear in the Briefs section).

Madam
We would like through ‘NewsFour’ to express our gratitude to Sandymount Credit Union for their generous support. We hope this will be a long and fruitful partnership for all concerned. We will be proud to wear their monogrammed track suits.
Sincerely,

Patrick Healy and the players and committee of St Patrick’s CYFC

Madam Editor
With all the work on the roads, Ringsend is looking different and almost picturesque. Looks can be deceiving, however. One senior citizen remarked “wait till the winter and the bandy paths are covered in ice, sure people will be falling like nine pins.” In the centre of the widened footpath there is a gully in which the rain is gathering instead of flowing away.
And where has the ‘gap’ gone to, that special spot at the corner of the library with the two well-worn seats. A place where thousands of Ringsenders sat for hours and put the world to rights before going home for their tea. You can’t tamper with a place like the ‘gap’ without upsetting the mindset of a whole village.

The worst spot of all is from the Carlisle Cleaners to the turn into St Patrick’s Villas. Lots of ballast is required in order to maintain equilibrium in this area. The path incline here is worse than the Vico Road. Let’s hope that the small but annoying deficiencies that currently exist will be sorted out when the builders come back from their summer break.
Yours sincerely,

Christy Hogan