Sir, – In reference to Una Mullally’s opinion article (May 12th) she puts forward the question as to “why is it that adults in Ireland are not trusted to have a beer in a park and behave themselves?”:
The answer is blowing in the wind; paper, beer packaging, nappies on my local beach following any hot summer day.
One of the smallest and delicate beaches in north Dublin, Burrow Beach, is systematically destroyed by adults on “heatwave” weekends with literally tonnes of rubbish having to be collected by council officials – 10 tonnes after a particularly bad example a couple of years ago.
This includes bottles and cans of all beer types and wine vintages. The council has added 22 bins in the area but still needs clean-up crews starting as early as 5.30am. For beach users, for wildlife, for the biodiversity of the area, for the wellness of our seas, this is not good.
We don’t have a local park, might be a blessing. – Yours, etc,
