Sir, – I sometimes amuse myself imagining how my long-dead parents would react to the Ireland of today, the kind of changes they would notice just walking to the shops. Some huge changes, such as the multiethnic nature of society. Then the smaller ones.
Doors that open automatically as you approach them.
Men pushing buggies, carrying babies in slings, looking after small children – all on their own.
People carrying bottles of water they bought in a shop.
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Men and women who do not look poor, wearing jeans with huge holes in them.
All dogs on leads, followed by owners who scoop up their mess into small bags and then carry them home.
I could go on. – Yours, etc,
GEMMA McCROHAN,
Dublin 16.
