The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Irish Times,
D’Olier Street,
Dublin 2.
Dear Editor,
I am truly delighted that Kieran Mc Gowan (Irish Times 14th December) is “impressed every time he steps on to the beautiful Belfield campus”.

Dublin Bay South – Pembroke
Councillor Dermot Lacey

The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Irish Times,
D’Olier Street,
Dublin 2.
Dear Editor,
I am truly delighted that Kieran Mc Gowan (Irish Times 14th December) is “impressed every time he steps on to the beautiful Belfield campus”.
The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Irish Times,
D’Olier Street,
Dublin 2.
Dear Editor,
Continuing M. Magill’s theme (letters 20 November). Surely the saddest joke of all is that Gerry Adams et al are allowed to call themselves “Republicans”?
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Dermot Lacey
The Editor,
Letters Page,
The Irish Times,
D’Olier Street,
Dublin 2.
Dear Editor,
Their most recent survey (Irish Times 17 November), allied to the nonsensical comments from the ESRI on the sale of City Council flats, surely confirms the greatest oxymoron of them all – ” Economist Intelligence Unit”.
Yours sincerely,
Councillor Dermot Lacey
Mr Liam Collins,
Sunday Independent,
Dear Mr Collins,
I write further to your article in the Sunday Independent (24th October) concerning the former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Royston Brady.
Now the travails of Mr Brady do not concern me – except in so far as the obscene amounts of money spent on his European Election campaign may start a worrying trend.
Taxi Fare Increases Expose Ministerial Cynicism
Statement by Councillor Dermot Lacey
Labour – Dublin South East
“Despite his self projected image as some sort of Transport Supremo, it would appear that former Minister Seamus Brennan was clearly reluctant to take any responsibility for the unpopular issue of taxi fare increases”, according to former Lord Mayor of Dublin and current Chairperson of the Joint Local Authorities Taxi/Hackney Committee, Councillor Dermot Lacey.
Time for new Minister to make amends for errors of the past – three steps to make a difference
Statement by Councillor Dermot Lacey
Labour – Dublin South East
“The appointment of Dick Roche T.D. as the new Minister for (sic) the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, will hopefully give Dublin the break it has long sought from the suffocating hands of Martin Cullen and the Mandarins in the Custom House”, according to former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey.