Brennan should pull the suburban switch

I HAVE been informed that the reason why there is a total shutdown of the DART on the southside from Canal Docks to Greystones in Co Wicklow is because the current cannot be switched off in sections.

There appears to be only one switch.

Imagine if you had only one switch in your house.

In the evening you flick it and all the lights come on.

Later you decide to visit your local for a nightcap. Up to the hall, put on your coat and switch off the light.

The ‘chislers’ are left trying to do their lessons in the dark and your wife is down in the kitchen mixing the Christmas pudding in the dark.

Great thing this one switch, one house. It saves money on switches. While a new overhead line is being installed, let Seamus Brennan see to it that power switches are also installed so that next time the line has to be replaced, it can be done from station to station.

Micheál Ó Nualláin,

Belgrave Square,

Monkstown,

Co Dublin.