Somebody has to play host to the incinerator

I AM writing in response to the column by Pat Brosnan titled “Democracy incinerated in pursuit of something called common good” in which he expresses his opinion that democracy was poorly served when An Bord Pleanála gave permission to Indaver Ireland to construct a chemical incinerator at Ringaskiddy in spite of community objections.

Just three words sum up the crunch issue between these two extremes: the greater good.

The interests of the people of Ringaskiddy does not necessarily constitute the greater good, no more so than the interests of the residents around Lansdowne Road does for the national stadium issue, notwithstanding the fact that it affects them more than the rest of us.