Sir, – I will miss AA Roadwatch on the radio (News, July 9th). When I was based in Tel Aviv, I used to listen to it every morning. It offered a degree of familiarity and security to listeners far away from home. Places like the Walkinstown Roundabout, the Jack Lynch Tunnel, and the Rock Road might as well have been outside my window. It was very reassuring these places were still there. And usually, even more reassuring that I wasn't! – Yours, etc,
JUDITH GOLDBERGER,
Donnybrook,
Dublin 4.
Sir, – I must say that what I will most miss about AA Roadwatch is the always gripping drama centring on the Dunkettle Interchange which is situated in some obscure city in the south of the country, I believe. I’m not sure how I will manage now without several daily updates. – Yours, etc,
ARTHUR BOLAND,
Ennis,
Co Clare.
Sir, – And so AA Roadwatch’s reports on the nation’s traffic conundrums have come to an end. These daily rush-hour broadcasts have been a fixture on the Irish airwaves for 32 years and will be missed for a host of reasons.
For instance, I shall henceforth not know if either or both bores of the Dublin Port Tunnel have reopened following overnight maintenance, information that was an integral part of most every early morning bulletin, as I arose from my own overnight maintenance. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL GANNON,
Kilkenny.
Sir, – Now that technology has seen off AA Roadwatch, one can only hope that the daily prayers to the markets, ie the business news, will soon go the same way. – Yours, etc,
PHILIP CONNOLLY,
Ryleen,
New Ross.