I WISH to express my disappointment at the first section of your editorial (‘Taoiseach must stick to his guns’, December 4) and also your failure to call for patience and calm at a crucial time in our country’s history.

THE SPIRES in Innishannon in Cork is a spot much in demand by the trading-up set. Close to Cork city, and in a strictly controlled planning area along the river Bandon, houses here sell quickly.

RELUCTANT as I am to criticise any of our hard-working public representatives, I must take issue with Environment Minister Martin Cullen’s claim that anti-incinerator groups believe in a ‘magic wand’ solution to waste management.

ONE of architect Roddy Hogan’s distinctive house designs, The Spires in Cobh has an elegant collection of lemon-yellow houses high above the town.