4th October, 2001
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
FROM THE USA ...
Dear Michael,
I would like to commend you for your article of the 20th. I know
a lot of people do not want America to bomb anyone. I think
people forget that this is not the first attack, but the worst of
many- Pan-Am bombing in Scotland, World Trade Centre bombing 1993,
American Embassy bombings in Africa and the bombing of the
Military ship the Cole. We cannot turn the other cheek any more
or it will get worse. We are glad President Bush is taking his
time to respond and hopefully they will get enough co-operation
and information so that only military bases will be hit. I work
in Manhattan and was one of thousands that walked out on Sept. 11th
and to look back and see the devastation was incomprehensible.
People are pulling together and doing there best. We now have to
show ID to get into work and our bags are often searched, but
this is a new way of life now and no one complains. Some people
say we have the option to move back to Ireland, but America has
been good to us and I don't intend to turn my back on her now. I
hope the Irish people will be supportive whatever happens, a lot
of people killed that day were Irish American.
Thank you
Ann
FROM CANADA ...
Hope everyone is okeedokee...it's
been a long time since I've written to you so let me start of By
apologising. The latest crazy sh….... going on in the States
has made me want to write to all of you to make sure everyone is
good, - even if you hate me, please write me back just to let me
know everything is cool. In case anyone is wondering I'm back at
home in Canada and loving it. We are really close to New York and
this sh…. is hitting home.
Paul
potatoe17@hotmail.com
TRAFFIC CALMING MEAURES ...
Dear Michael,
In the last few weeks I have been reading several letters from
people in the Douglas area wanting traffic calming measures put
in place, but the one place that on one has mentioned is
Donnybrook Hill and it is well inside the 30 mile zone but as any
one who lives there knows the cars go down that hill a lot faster
then 30 mph.
I live half way up Donnybrook Hill and I know that a lot of
people both young and old walk that hill every day and there has
been some serious accidents it's a Miracle that we have not had a
fatality with the increase in the volume and speed of the traffic
on the hill, so I would like to ask Cllr Deirdre Forde who has a
column in your paper most weeks on community issues if she could
get the powers that be County Councill garda to do a survey of
the traffic on the hill and maybe something could be done about
it,
Sean Rochford,
Donnybrook.
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