Office of Public Works should take over Fota

IN her excellent article on Fota (Weekend Examiner, January 21), Mary Leland suggests that the Office of Public Works (OPW) should take over Fota House.

Office of Public Works should take over Fota

She is right, but some civil servants who know little or nothing of Fota and have never discussed its future with those of us who have worked for it on a voluntary basis for many years (in my own case, 30) are now deciding otherwise, it seems.

It is well to remember that prior to UCC purchasing Fota in 1975, the general public had no right of access - I got turned away myself.

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